Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:1234

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

No acknowledgment of a deed, mortgage, or other instrument shall be invalid because such acknowledgment was taken before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to acknowledge conveyances who is also a member, director, employee, or officer of a savings bank which is a party to such deed, mortgage, or other instrument.

Acts 1990, No. 816, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.