Ridge Notary Services

Don’t let a notification steal your attention — or your safety. Put the Phone Away or Pay.

For Hybrid and Electric vehicles!! Please read!!

The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles now has an online portal available for Electric🔌 and Hybrid 🚗 vehicle owners to pay their annual road 🛣 usage fee.

The road usage fee is $110 per year on each electric vehicle and $60 per year on each hybrid vehicle. Owners can pay their fees at https://www.expresslane.la.gov/evfee

The annual road usage fee imposed by R.S. 32.461 on electric and hybrid vehicles operated on the highways in Louisiana applies to vehicles registered in Louisiana; and vehicles registered in another state but which are operated on the highways of Louisiana and required to be registered in Louisiana pursuant to R.S. 47:513, including company vehicles by resident employees, owners with dual- or multiple state residences, or other situations of permanent use.

It’s April Fool’s Day today but traffic tickets are NO JOKE!! Don’t forget to check your license plates to make sure the stickers are up to date! ALSO… June is coming and those heavy use plates will be up for renewal!! We are here for you!! 🙌🏼

This National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, remind yourself that you can't drive safely unless DRIVING has your FULL attention! 📵

✝️ Our office will be closed Friday April 3rd, 2026 in observance of Good Friday. We wish everyone a very Happy Easter!! 🐣🐰✝️ ridgenotary.com

✍️ Notary question we get asked often..

“Can you notarize this form without the person present with identification?”

No, I’m sorry we cannot. All parties must be here in order for us to notarize something legally.

🚨 From the National Notary Association: Yes, notarizing a signature without the signer being physically present (or via authorized online we**am methods) is illegal and considered fraud, often called a "faulty notarization". It violates the fundamental "personal appearance" requirement, making the document invalid and exposing the notary to lawsuits, criminal charges, and loss of commission.

Traffic Ticket Text Scam!!

Louisiana OMV warns of traffic ticket text scam circulating in Acadiana The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is warning residents about another round of scam text messages claiming drivers owe traffic ticket fines.

‼️expresslane.org is changed to expresslane.la.gov!! ‼️

The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles announced today that it has officially transitioned its website to 🔗www.expresslane.la.gov.

The domain change from an .org address to the .gov domain strengthens cybersecurity protections, reinforces the agency’s official government status, and improves online visibility for residents seeking trusted information and services.

MORE: 🔗https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/alerts/

🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀