The bond required of notaries by R.S. 35:191 shall be executed before the clerk of court and ex officio recorder of mortgages for the parish where the notary will exercise the functions of his office and, together with the certificate of competency provided for by law, shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of administration. The bond shall be subscribed in favor of the governor, approved by the clerk, and if secured by personal surety, recorded in the mortgage office of the parish where the notary will exercise his functions, in a special book kept for that purpose.
La. R.S. § 39:342