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Dear Mr. Landry:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General relative to R.S. 35:17 as amended by Acts 230 and 322 of 1991 in light of Section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974. Succinctly, the amended statute requires that notaries include in acts affecting immovable property the social security number or employer identification number of the parties to the document in the body of the act. Your questions are as follows:

1. Is a notary, when performing his official function, covered by Section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974;

2. Assuming a notary is covered by…