Prepare Today. Protect Tomorrow.
Planning for the future is one of the most meaningful things you can do for yourself and the people you love.
A properly prepared estate plan can help communicate your wishes, identify the people you trust, and provide important guidance if you become unable to manage your personal, financial, or healthcare decisions.
A properly prepared estate plan can help communicate your wishes, identify the people you trust, and provide important guidance if you become unable to manage your personal, financial, or healthcare decisions.
Notary’s Online offers affordable estate document preparation for individuals and families throughout Louisiana.
Our convenient process allows you to provide the information needed for your documents without making repeated office visits. Once your documents have been prepared, they are securely delivered to your email with clear instructions explaining how they should be printed, reviewed, witnessed, and signed.
Certain Louisiana estate documents cannot be completed entirely through remote online notarization. However, that does not mean the preparation process has to be difficult.
We can prepare qualifying documents electronically and send them directly to you. You can then bring the documents to a Louisiana notary for proper in-person execution or schedule a mobile signing appointment with Notarys Online.
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Estate Planning Made More Convenient
Many people know they need a will or power of attorney but continue putting it off because they believe the process will be confusing, expensive, or time-consuming.
Our goal is to make straightforward estate document preparation more accessible.
With Notary’s Online, you can:
- Complete the preparation process conveniently
- Submit your information through a guided questionnaire
- Receive Louisiana-focused documents
- Review your documents before signing
- Receive completed documents by email
- Print your documents at your convenience
- Receive signing and witness instructions
- Schedule an optional in-office or mobile signing appointment
- Avoid unnecessary subscription plans
- Receive transparent pricing before work begins
You do not need to wait for an emergency to begin planning.
Documents We May Prepare
Last Will and Testament
A Last Will and Testament communicates how you want qualifying property and personal belongings handled after your death.
A will may also allow you to:
- Name the individuals or organizations you want to receive your property
- Identify particular gifts or items
- Nominate an independent executor
- Nominate a guardian for minor children
- Provide instructions concerning personal belongings
- Address the handling of remaining estate property
- Express certain final wishes
Louisiana has specific legal requirements for the execution of a notarial testament.
A Louisiana notarial testament must be prepared in writing, dated, and executed before a notary public and two witnesses. The person making the will, both witnesses, and the notary must sign the document as required.
Because of these formalities, a Louisiana notarial testament should not be signed before meeting with the notary and witnesses.
We prepare the document and email it to you with execution instructions. You may then arrange an in-person signing with a qualified Louisiana notary and two competent witnesses.
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General Durable Power of Attorney
A General Durable Power of Attorney—known in Louisiana as a mandate—allows you to appoint a trusted person to handle designated personal or financial matters on your behalf.
The person granting authority is generally called the principal. The person receiving authority may be referred to as the agent, mandatary, or attorney-in-fact.
A durable power of attorney may provide authority relating to matters such as:
- Banking and financial accounts
- Paying bills and expenses
- Managing personal property
- Managing certain real estate matters
- Handling insurance matters
- Managing business interests
- Filing or obtaining tax information
- Communicating with government agencies
- Managing retirement benefits
- Entering designated agreements
- Handling specifically authorized transactions
The document can state whether the authority begins immediately or under circumstances described in the document.
The term “durable” generally means the authority is intended to continue even if the principal later becomes incapacitated, subject to the terms of the document and applicable Louisiana law.
Powers of attorney can grant significant authority. The powers included should be carefully considered before the document is signed.
Some mandates may require particular execution formalities depending on the authority being granted and how the document will be used. Your document package will include the applicable signing instructions.
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Healthcare Power of Attorney
A Healthcare Power of Attorney allows you to name a trusted person to participate in healthcare decisions if you become unable to communicate or make those decisions yourself.
Depending on the document’s terms, the appointed person may be authorized to:
- Communicate with physicians and healthcare providers
- Review relevant medical information
- Consent to or refuse certain treatment
- Participate in care-planning decisions
- Assist with hospital, rehabilitation, or nursing-facility decisions
- Make healthcare decisions during a qualifying period of incapacity
- Carry out preferences expressed in related healthcare documents
A healthcare power of attorney should name someone you trust to understand your values, communicate clearly, and make difficult decisions when needed.
An alternate agent may also be named in case the first person is unavailable or unable to act.
Living Will or Advance Directive
A Living Will, sometimes called an advance directive, allows you to document certain preferences concerning medical treatment if you develop a qualifying terminal and irreversible condition and cannot communicate your wishes.
A living will is different from a Last Will and Testament.
A Last Will and Testament addresses matters that generally take effect after death. A living will addresses certain healthcare preferences during your lifetime.
Your living will may address matters such as:
- Life-sustaining procedures
- Artificial nutrition and hydration
- Comfort care
- End-of-life treatment preferences
- Communication of your wishes to family members and healthcare providers
A living will can help reduce uncertainty for family members during an emotionally difficult time.
Prepare Online and Sign in Person
- Select Your Documents
Choose the individual document or estate-planning package you would like prepared.
We can explain the documents included in each preparation package. We cannot advise you which legal strategy is best for your circumstances. - Complete the Questionnaire
You will provide the information needed to prepare the requested documents.
Depending on the documents selected, the questionnaire may ask about:
-Your complete legal name
-Marital status
-Children and other family information
-Beneficiaries
-Executor selections
-Guardians for minor children
-Financial agents
-Healthcare agents
-Alternate representatives
-Specific gifts
-General property distribution
-Healthcare preferences
-Funeral or burial wishes
-It is your responsibility to provide complete and accurate information. - Your Documents Are Prepared
Your documents are prepared based on the information you provide and the document-preparation service you request.
We may contact you if information is incomplete, unclear, or inconsistent. - Review Your Documents
You will receive an opportunity to review names, addresses, selections, and other personal information before signing.
Carefully review every page.
Tell us about spelling errors, missing information, or requested factual corrections before execution. - Receive Your Documents by Email
Your completed document package will be delivered to your email in a printable format.
The package may include:
-Prepared documents
-General signing instructions
-Witness information
-Printing instructions
-Document organization guidance
-General storage recommendations - Complete the In-Person Signing
Bring the unsigned documents to a qualified Louisiana notary with all required signers, witnesses, and identification.
Notary’s Online may also provide a mobile signing appointment.
Are you ready to get started?
Louisiana permits remote online notarization for certain documents, but remote notarization is not available for every legal instrument or method of execution.
A Louisiana notarial testament requires execution before a notary and two witnesses. Therefore, it cannot be completed simply by emailing the document back after signing or by using an ordinary electronic signature.
Some powers of attorney and other estate documents may also need specific execution formalities based on the authority granted and the way the document will be used.
To help protect the validity of your documents, follow the signing instructions provided with your package and do not sign documents prematurely.
When in doubt, schedule an in-person execution appointment.
Affordable and Transparent Document Preparation
Estate planning should not feel financially out of reach.
Notarys Online offers straightforward document-preparation options without requiring clients to purchase expensive ongoing memberships or unnecessary add-on services.
Our pricing is designed to provide:
- Clear costs before preparation begins
- Individual document options
- Money-saving package options
- Louisiana-focused preparation
- Direct communication with a local professional
- Electronic document delivery
- Optional in-person or mobile signing service
- No surprise subscription renewal
Large national document platforms may offer low introductory prices for individual forms while charging more for document bundles, attorney access, ongoing revisions, printing, shipping, subscriptions, or continuing support.
When comparing services, consider the complete package—not only the advertised starting price.
When You Should Consult an Attorney
Notary document preparation may be appropriate for straightforward and uncontested personal planning.
However, estate planning can become legally complex. An attorney should be consulted when your circumstances involve matters such as:
- Forced heirship concerns
- A beneficiary with disabilities or special needs
- A desire to disinherit a close family member
- A blended family with children from prior relationships
- Significant community-property questions
- Large or complex estates
- Estate, gift, or inheritance tax concerns
- Medicaid or long-term-care planning
- Business succession planning
- Trust creation or administration
- Property located outside Louisiana
- Contested family relationships
- Existing legal disputes
- Questions about the legal consequences of your choices
- Concerns about capacity, coercion, or undue influence
- A need for personalized legal advice
We reserve the right to decline document preparation and recommend an attorney when a matter appears to require legal analysis, professional judgment, or representation.
The preparation process can usually be handled electronically. Your completed documents can be delivered by email for review and printing.
However, certain documents require an in-person signing before a notary and witnesses. A Louisiana notarial testament must be executed before a notary and two witnesses.
A Louisiana notarial testament requires an in-person execution involving the testator, a notary, and two witnesses.
We can prepare the document electronically and email it to you, but the final signing must follow Louisiana’s execution requirements.
It depends on the document’s form, the powers granted, and how the document will be used.
Louisiana law does not require every mandate to use the same form. However, when the law requires a particular form for an act, a mandate authorizing that act must generally follow that form.
For broad estate-planning powers, in-person execution is often the safest and most widely accepted option.
Notarys Online is not a law firm, and non-attorney notaries do not provide legal representation or individualized legal advice.
Our services are limited to permitted notarial and document-preparation services for qualifying, straightforward matters.
We can explain what information is needed to complete the requested document, but we cannot decide who you should select or advise which choice is legally best.
Those decisions must be made by you. Consult an attorney when you need advice about the legal consequences of your selections.
Yes. Couples’ document packages may be available.
Each person receives individual documents based on that person’s selections and information. One spouse generally cannot sign the other spouse’s estate-planning documents.
Factual corrections and limited revisions may be available during the stated review period.
Additional preparation fees may apply for major changes, a new planning structure, or revisions requested after final approval.
Documents should not be altered after they have been signed without professional guidance.
Louisiana does not require every will to be drafted by an attorney. However, an attorney is strongly recommended when the estate or family circumstances are complex or when legal advice is needed.
Estate-planning documents generally must be signed by someone who can personally participate, act voluntarily, and understand the general nature of the document.
A power of attorney cannot simply be created and signed by a family member after the intended principal has lost the ability to grant authority.
A Louisiana attorney should be consulted when incapacity may already exist.
A family member may assist with typing, gathering information, or scheduling.
However, the person whose estate documents are being prepared must make the decisions, verify the information, approve the documents, and participate personally in the signing.
Witness assistance may be available when requested and confirmed in advance.
Witness service is not automatically included in document-preparation or notary fees. Additional charges may apply.
Yes. Mobile estate-document signing appointments may be available at homes, hospitals, assisted-living facilities, rehabilitation centers, and other agreed-upon locations.
The signer must be able to communicate directly with the notary and participate willingly.
Keep original estate documents in a secure location that can be accessed when needed.
Tell your executor, agent, or another trusted person where the original documents are located. Avoid placing the only original somewhere that may be inaccessible during an emergency.
Notarys Online does not automatically retain or store original executed estate documents.
Important Legal Notice
Notarys Online is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation.
Services are limited to notarial functions and document preparation permitted under Louisiana law. We do not provide individualized legal, financial, tax, Medicaid, or estate-planning advice.
Document preparation is based on information and selections supplied by the client. The client is responsible for reviewing the accuracy of all names, relationships, property information, appointments, distributions, and instructions before signing.
We do not guarantee that a particular document or estate-planning choice is appropriate for every client or circumstance.
Clients with complex estates, forced-heirship concerns, tax issues, trusts, business interests, special-needs beneficiaries, family disputes, property outside Louisiana, or questions requiring legal judgment should consult a licensed Louisiana attorney.
Preparing a document does not make it legally effective. Each document must be properly executed according to its applicable signing, witness, and notarial requirements.
