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LR 1696
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(5)__Has not been convicted of any criminal violation
of this chapter;

 
E.__Pay a one-time application fee of $25 and a yearly
licensing fee of $100.__All fees are nonrefundable; and

 
F.__Post a $25,000 bond.

 
3.__Register; certificate.__The commissioner shall maintain a
register of all current, licensed legal document technicians.__
Upon the approval of an initial application or renewal of a
license, the commissioner shall issue a certificate to the legal
document technician that the legal document technician shall
display prominently in the legal document technician's place of
business.__The certificate must prominently display the
expiration date of the license on the__face of the certificate.

 
§15304.__Allowed activities; prohibited activities

 
1.__Allowed activities.__A legal document technician may:

 
A.__Complete a legal document in a ministerial manner;

 
B.__Provide general published factual information that has
been written or approved by an attorney pertaining to legal
procedures, rights or obligations;

 
C.__Make available a published legal document; and

 
D.__File or serve a legal document at the specific direction
of a client.

 
A legal document technician shall execute a contract with a
client before performing any services listed in this subsection.__
The contract must state the specific services that will be
provided to the client.__The contract must also state that the
legal document technician is not an attorney and may not provide
legal advice, and that a license from the State is not an
endorsement by the State of the quality of the legal document
technician's services or experience.

 
2.__Prohibited activities.__A legal document technician may
not provide advice, explanation, opinion or recommendation to a
client about legal rights, remedies, defenses, options,
strategies or selection of forms or any other service not listed
in subsection 1.

 
§15305.__License renewal; disciplinary action; complaints

 
1.__Renewal. A legal document technician license issued under
this chapter must be renewed on or before March 31st of each
year.__A legal document technician shall complete a renewal


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