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- Act of Donation of a Movable: Official Form GuideThe official act contains signature lines for the donor, donee, two witnesses, and the notary.
- Affidavit of Heirship: Official Form GuideThe OMV affidavit uses sworn signatures and notarial certificates for the surviving spouse, heirs, or legatees who execute it.
- Affidavit of One and the Same: Official Form GuideThis affidavit is designed for a name difference in documents submitted with a vehicle ownership transaction.
- Application for a Salvage-Reconstructed Motor Vehicle: Official Form GuideThe application contains owner and rebuilder declarations and belongs to a larger salvage or reconstructed-vehicle packet.
- Auto Hulk Affidavit: Official Form GuideThis specialized affidavit concerns an owner or authorized seller transferring an auto hulk or part to an eligible processor or dismantler.
- Bill of Sale of a Movable: Official Form GuideThe current OMV bill of sale provides signature lines for the seller, buyer, and notary.
- Consignment of Motor Vehicle: Official Form GuideThe consignment form records the consignor, dealer or agent, vehicle, term, fees, title obligations, and signatures.
- Crushed Vehicle Affidavit: Official Form GuideThis form is for a towing, storage, or crushing context and contains a sworn-and-subscribed notarial certificate.
- Disclosure of Glider Kit, Assembled Vehicle, or Kit Car: Official Form GuideThe disclosure identifies the vehicle and the title brand, then provides transferor and transferee signature lines.
- Expedited Title Request: Official Form GuideAn expedited-title request concerns processing speed, not the underlying validity of a sale, donation, lien, or title assignment.
- Hold Harmless Affidavit: Official Form GuideA hold-harmless affidavit is a sworn statement used only in the transaction described by OMV.
- Interstate Exemption Certificate: Official Form GuideThis tax-related certificate addresses an interstate exemption and must be completed according to Louisiana tax and OMV instructions.
- Lien Continuation Statement: Official Form GuideThis statement concerns continuation of a recorded vehicle lien.
- Lien Termination: Official Form GuideA lien termination is completed by the party authorized to release the lien.
- Memorialization of Manual Gift of a Motor Vehicle: Official Form GuideThis form memorializes a prior manual gift of a vehicle and is distinct from the OMV Act of Donation.
- Statement of Non-Use: Official Form GuideThe statement is used to report a vehicle's non-use for the applicable OMV purpose.
- Notice of Transfer of Vehicle: Official Form GuideThe notice tells OMV that a transfer occurred; it does not replace the title assignment, bill of sale, act of donation, odometer disclosure, or other required transaction records.
- Odometer Disclosure Statement: Official Form GuideThe transferor discloses mileage and the transferee acknowledges the disclosure.
- Permission to Process Transaction: Official Form GuideThis form authorizes another person to process the identified OMV transaction.
- Reconstructed Parts List: Official Form GuideThe parts list documents components used in reconstruction and normally accompanies other salvage, inspection, ownership, and title records.
- Request for Refund: Official Form GuideThe refund request concerns a payment or fee submitted to OMV.
- Salvage Affidavit: Official Form GuideThis affidavit records facts about a salvage vehicle and belongs to a larger title packet.
- Salvage Retention Form: Official Form GuideSalvage retention documentation addresses a vehicle retained after a total-loss or salvage event.
- Statement of Golf Carts: Official Form GuideThe official statement is designed for the limited golf-cart circumstances described by OMV.
- Statement of Utility Terrain Vehicles: Official Form GuideThis form addresses the OMV classification or use of a utility terrain vehicle.
- Tax Domicile Verification Form: Official Form GuideThe form supports verification of tax domicile for a vehicle transaction.
- Title History Request Form: Official Form GuideA title-history request seeks agency records; it does not change ownership.
- Vehicle Application: Official Form GuideThe vehicle application is used across several title and registration situations.
- Vehicle Appraisal: Official Form GuideThe appraisal form records a vehicle value for the agency purpose stated on the form.
- Farm Utility Vehicle Tax Exemption Certificate: Official Form GuideThis tax certificate concerns qualifying non-road utility vehicles used on commercial farms.
- Boat Registration and Boat/Motor Title Application: Official Form GuideThe title and registration application is part of a complete boat or motor packet.
- Affidavit of Ownership of a Non-Motorized Houseboat: Official Form GuideThis affidavit is for the narrow ownership situation described by LDWF.
- Tax Payment Certification Form: Official Form GuideThe tax certification documents payment or tax treatment for a boat transaction.
- Notarized Bill of Sale of Boat or Motor: Official Form GuideLDWF publishes both notarized and simple bill-of-sale versions.
- Simple Bill of Sale of Boat or Motor: Official Form GuideLDWF separately publishes a simple bill of sale.
- Affidavit for Boat Inspection: Official Form GuideThis form supports a boat inspection process.
- Affidavit for Transfer of a Decedent's Boat: Official Form GuideThis affidavit addresses transfer after an owner's death.
- Affidavit or Court Order Recognizing Ownership of a Boat: Official Form GuideThe form distinguishes an affidavit-based ownership claim from a court order.
- Acknowledgment of Paternity — Child Born Outside of Marriage: Official Form GuideBoth parents sign with two witnesses in the presence of a licensed notary.
- Acknowledgment of Paternity — Child Born of Marriage: Official Form GuideThe mother, husband or former husband, and biological father sign with two witnesses before a licensed notary.
- Revocation of Acknowledgment of Paternity: Official Form GuideLDH states that an eligible signer must execute and file the revocation within the stated 60-day period.
- Name Correction Affidavit for a Louisiana Birth Record: Official Form GuideThis affidavit supports a qualifying correction to a Louisiana birth record.
- Amendment to a Louisiana Birth Record: Official Form GuideVital Records uses different evidence and affidavits for different amendments.
- Correction of a Parent's Name on a Birth Record: Official Form GuideA parent's name correction may require identification, certified records, an affidavit, or a court order depending on the change.
- Correction of a Child's Name on a Birth Record: Official Form GuideVital Records distinguishes correcting an error from changing a legal name.
- Adding Paternity Information After Birth Registration: Official Form GuideAfter a birth certificate is registered, the correct acknowledgment packet, identification, certified birth certificate, fees, witnesses, and notarization must follow LDH instructions.
- Certified Birth Certificate Application: Official Form GuideA certificate request is an agency application, not automatically a notarized affidavit.
- Certified Death Certificate Application: Official Form GuideA death-certificate request follows Vital Records eligibility and identification rules.
- Adult Adoption Vital Records Documentation: Official Form GuideAdult adoption records may involve a judgment, certified copies, amendments, and agency applications.
- Covenant Marriage Declaration or Affidavit: Official Form GuideLouisiana's covenant-marriage process uses specific declarations and counseling attestations.
- Provisional Custody by Mandate: Official Form GuideThis temporary authority arrangement has defined powers, duration, and execution requirements.
- Voluntary Transfer of Custody: Official Form GuideA voluntary transfer of custody involves court action and should not be confused with a provisional custody mandate.
- Non-Legal Custodian Affidavit: Official Form GuideThis affidavit is for the circumstances described by DCFS and does not create every form of custody or guardianship.
- Louisiana Kinship Care Options Comparison: Official Form GuideDCFS compares several caregiver and custody arrangements.
- Provisional Custody by Mandate Preparation Checklist: Official Form GuideBefore the appointment, identify the parent, caregiver, child, authority being delegated, dates, identification, and any witnesses required by the official form.
- Ending or Replacing a Provisional Custody Mandate: Official Form GuideDo not assume destroying a copy or signing a generic revocation completes every required step.
- School and Medical Use of a Provisional Custody Mandate: Official Form GuideSchools, healthcare providers, and benefit programs may request copies or additional evidence.
- Choosing Between a Caregiver Affidavit and Custody Order: Official Form GuideThe available arrangements differ in authority, duration, court involvement, and legal effect.
- Louisiana Apostille and Authentication Request: Official Form GuideFirst complete any required notarization or certification, then submit the document under the Secretary of State's current destination-country and document-type instructions.
- Apostille for a Louisiana Notarized Document: Official Form GuideAn apostille does not replace notarization.
- Authentication for a Non-Hague Destination: Official Form GuideDocuments for a country outside the Hague Apostille Convention may follow a different certification chain.
- Louisiana Notary Search: Official Form GuideUse the Secretary of State search to check public commission information.
- Living Will Declaration and Registry: Official Form GuideThe declaration and optional registry process are separate from medical advice.
- Revocation or Change of a Living Will Declaration: Official Form GuideChanging or revoking a directive can require more than writing a new note.
- Authentication of Louisiana Business Documents: Official Form GuideBusiness documents may be certified by the issuing office, notarized, or authenticated through different channels.
- Notary Commission and Parish Verification: Official Form GuideVerify a Louisiana notary through the official state search and confirm the commission details relevant to the act.
- Louisiana Notary Bond and Errors-and-Omissions Records: Official Form GuideBond, commission, and insurance terms describe different protections and records.
- Louisiana Small Succession Forms and Guide: Official Form GuideSmall succession eligibility, heirs, property, debts, affidavits, and filing requirements are legal questions.
- Louisiana Power of Attorney Self-Help Guide: Official Form GuideUse the guide to understand vocabulary and questions, but do not ask a notary to select powers, agents, duration, or legal effect.
- Louisiana City and Parish Court Uniform Forms: Official Form GuideUse the latest court-issued version and follow the filing court's instructions.
- Louisiana Self-Represented Litigant Resources: Official Form GuideThe state bar collects self-help resources and warnings.
- Louisiana Name Change Court Resources: Official Form GuideA legal name change is different from correcting a clerical error on a vital record.
- Louisiana Protective Order Forms and Resources: Official Form GuideUse court or advocacy resources immediately and follow safety instructions.
- Louisiana Divorce Self-Help Forms: Official Form GuideUse forms approved for the correct court and case type.
- Louisiana Custody Self-Help Forms: Official Form GuideCustody forms have significant legal consequences.
- Louisiana Eviction and Tenant Court Forms: Official Form GuideCheck the proper court, notice, service, filing, and hearing requirements.
- Louisiana Small Claims Court Forms: Official Form GuideUse the correct court's claim, service, and evidence procedures.
- Louisiana Expungement Self-Help Resources: Official Form GuideConfirm eligibility, records, prosecutor and court requirements, fees, and the current packet.
- Louisiana Domestic Abuse Assistance Resources: Official Form GuideUse official court and advocacy channels.
- Louisiana Court Affidavit Signing Checklist: Official Form GuideKnow the case caption, docket, filing court, affiant, factual statements, attachments, and deadline before the oath is administered.
- Filing a Notarized Document with a Louisiana Court: Official Form GuideAfter execution, follow the clerk's filing, copy, fee, service, and deadline requirements.
- DS-3053 Statement of Consent for a Child Passport: Official Form GuideThe non-applying parent or guardian signs in front of a notary and follows the form's identification-copy and timing instructions.
- DS-5525 Statement of Exigent or Special Family Circumstances: Official Form GuideThis form explains why the other parent's consent cannot be obtained.
- DS-5507 Affidavit of Physical Presence or Parentage: Official Form GuideThe form records parentage, physical presence, and support information for citizenship documentation.
- DS-2029 Consular Report of Birth Abroad Application: Official Form GuideThis application has consular execution requirements.
- USPS Form 1583 Application for Delivery of Mail Through Agent: Official Form GuideThe applicant authorizes a commercial mail receiving agency and must follow USPS identification and execution rules.
- Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification: Official Form GuideA notary may complete Section 2 or the supplement only when the employer designates that person as its authorized representative.
- IRS Form 2848 Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative: Official Form GuideForm 2848 creates a federal tax authorization under IRS rules.
- DD Form 1172-2 DEERS Enrollment and ID Card Application: Official Form GuideCoordinate with the ID card office and use current DoD instructions.
- DS-11 U.S. Passport Application: Official Form GuideThe applicant generally waits to sign DS-11 in front of the designated acceptance agent.
- DS-82 U.S. Passport Renewal Application: Official Form GuideFollow the renewal eligibility, signature, photograph, current passport, name-change evidence, fee, and mailing instructions.
- Calcasieu Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideCalcasieu’s current clerk site separates civil e-filing from deed and mortgage e-recording.Calcasieu Parish
- Cameron Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideCameron Parish Clerk’s Links & Forms page groups cancellation, mortgage-certificate, assumed-business-name, marriage-officiant, and release forms.Cameron Parish
- Allen Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideThe Allen Parish Clerk publishes a Release by Obligee of Record form and other mortgage-cancellation resources.Allen Parish
- Jefferson Davis Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideJefferson Davis Parish Clerk offers conveyance and mortgage records, but its online index search is not the same as filing a new document.Jefferson Davis Parish
- Beauregard Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideBeauregard Parish Clerk’s land-records page offers downloadable mortgage and conveyance documents, including cancellation and release forms.Beauregard Parish
- St. Landry Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideSt.St. Landry Parish
- Vernon Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideVernon Parish Clerk’s current Recording Services page provides mortgage-cancellation forms, a recording fee schedule, and e-recording vendor links.Vernon Parish
- Rapides Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideRapides Parish Clerk’s forms list includes a manufactured-home immobilization act, a release by obligee, an assumed-business-name form, and record-copy requests.Rapides Parish
- Lafayette Parish Clerk Forms and Recording Resources: Official Form GuideLafayette Parish Clerk’s forms page groups cancellation, civil, mortgage, marriage, and land-record-copy forms.Lafayette Parish