The fees for deeds to be registered or submitted to the merged formality shall be paid, namely:
1° By notaries, for deeds executed before them;
2° By bailiffs and others with power to effect service of process for those of their ministry;
3° By court clerks, for deeds and judgments, except in the case provided for by article 1840 D, and those executed and received at the registries;
4° By the assigning public accountants, for deeds executed in administrative form that are subject to the registration formality or the merged formality, except also the case provided for by article 1840 D;
5° By the parties, for deeds under private signature, and those executed in foreign countries, that they have to register; for orders on motions or pleadings, and certificates immediately issued to them by judges; and for acts and decisions which they obtain from arbitrators if the latter have not had them registered;
6° And by heirs, legatees and donees, their tutors and curators, and executors, for wills and other acts of liberality mortis causa.