Fees

Birth Certificates

  • Birth Certificates $34.00*

  • Birth Certificate & Birth Card $48.00*

*Birth Certificates and birth cards are cash only.

Civil Advanced Cost Fees

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $700.00*

  • Ex-Parte Custody

  • Interdiction

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $600.00*

  • Adoptions

  • Divorce W/Rule and TRO

  • Make Judgment Executory & for Garnishment

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $500.00*

  • 3601 Protective Order

  • Custody

  • Divorce W/Rule or TRO

  • Domestic Protective Order

  • Garnishment Proceedings

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $400.00*

  • Divorce

  • Executory Process

  • Make Judgment Executory

  • Open Account

  • Promissory Note

  • Succession

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $300.00*

  • Amended/Supplemental Petition

  • Clerk’s Suit/Small Claim

  • Cross Claim

  • Damage, Personal Injury, Etc...

  • Deficiency Judgment

  • Emancipation

  • Intervention

  • Judicial Commitment

  • Mandamus

  • Name Change

  • Reconventional Demand

  • Separation

  • Sequestration

  • Small Succession

  • Third Party Demand

  • Tutorship/Minor Claim

  • Workman's Comp

  • Writ of FIFA

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $300.00 - ALL RULES*

  • Exception

  • Judgment Debtor Rule

  • Motion & Order for Appeal

  • Motion & Order for New Trial

  • Motion & Order for Summary Judgment

  • Rule for Alimony

  • Rule for Child Support

  • Rule for Custody

ADVANCED DEPOSITS - $200.00

  • Motion & Order to Continue

  • Motion & Order to Fix for Trial

Miscellaneous Advance Deposit

  • Curator Fee for Adoption $150.00

  • Curator Fee per Defendant $150.00

  • Deposition Subpoena $125.00

  • Deposition Subpoena Duces Tecum $125.00

Trial Subpoena Advance Deposit**

  • Lafayette Parish $100.00

  • Law Enforcement Officer $100.00

  • Breaux Bridge, Abbeville, St. Martinville $100.00

  • Crowley, Opelousas, New Iberia $100.00

  • Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Franklin $115.00

  • Morgan City $125.00

  • New Orleans, Houma, Alexandria $140.00

  • Shreveport, Monroe $170.00

*The above Advance Cost includes one service. Each additional service is $100.00. If a party is to be served through the Secretary of State, an additional $50.00 is required per service.

**Includes Subpoena, Service & Witness Fee in accordance with RS 13:3661.

Death Certificates

  • Death Certificates $26.00*

*Death Certificates are cash only.

Land Records/Copy Fees

Hecon Copy Button - Public

  • Copies $0.50 (50¢) per page

Plats (each)

  • All Other Sizes $5.00

  • Certification Fee$10.00 + copy charges

Copies (each) - Office

  • 8½ x 11 or 8½ x 14 $1.00 per page

  • Index Pages $2.50

  • Certification Fee $10.00 + copy charges

Mortgage Fees

Real - Estate Mortgage Certificates

  • 1st Name $20.00 Each Additional Name $10.00

  • Each Additional Property $15.00

  • Each entry over 10 $1.00

General Real Estate Mortgage Certificate

  • Per Name $20.00

Mortgage Certificate "Updates" (dated not over 1 year)

  • Each Name $10.00

  • Each Additional Name $5.00

UCC Certificates*

  • Per name (1 name per certificate)

  • We ask that UCC Certificate Requests be submitted on a Louisiana State approved request form $30.00 / $1.00 each encumbrance listing over 10

  • Copies of UCC Filings (When ordered with a certificate only, otherwise, use the Research Department) $2.00 each copy

Miscellaneous Fees

  • Non-Lien Certificates $20.00 per name

  • Attachments to Mortgage Certificates (copies) $1.00 each

  • Mortgage Certificate Re-Typing/Reprint Fee$ 5.00


* - UCC Certificate Requests must be submitted on a Louisiana State approved request form.

Marriage License

  • Marriage License $27.50

  • Marriage License Attachments (per page) $4.00

  • Certified copy of Marriage License $5.00*

* - Payable by separate check, money order, cash or credit/debit card to: Clerk of Court

Recording Fees

ACT 173 of the 2017 Regular Legislative Session
Effective August 1, 2018

As of August 1, 2018 our office will be a participant in the Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority ("LCRAA"). LCRAA is a state entity authorized to design, construct, administer, and maintain a Statewide Portal of records maintained by parish Clerks of Court. The Statewide Portal provides secure remote access by Internet users to records maintained by Participants. The fee for the Portal is $5.00 per document recorded in the conveyance and/or mortgage records. Documents received before August 1, 2018 will not be charged the $5.00 Portal fee. Please update your records with our new attached fee schedule, to avoid any delay in recordings.

A "document" is defined as those pages presented together for filing or recording, inclusive of the act, together with exhibits, riders, or additional documents attached thereto, including but not limited to powers of attorney, property description exhibits, tax certificates and researches, mortgage certificates, resolutions, certificates, and surveys, R.S. 13:844(B)(1).

Every document filed for recordation shall be captioned as to type of act on the 1st page and shall have on the 1st page a margin of 2" at the top and 1" at the bottom and sides. The type size shall not be less than 8 point, R.S. 13:844(B)(2). Documents to be recorded may be either 8 ½" x 11" paper or 8 ½" x 14" paper.

CONVEYANCE AND MORTGAGE RECORDING FEE SCHEDULE

Documents to be recorded in 1 index type
Fees include $5.00 LCRAA Fee, 10 names to be indexed and 1 certified copy

  • 1 to 5 pages $105.00

  • 6 to 25 pages $205.00

  • 26 to 50 pages $305.00

  • 51 or more pages $305.00 for the first 50 pages + $5.00 per additional page

  • Index Fee after the 10th name $5.00 per name

  • Paper size other than 8 ½" x 11" or 8 ½" x 14"$20.00 per page

  • Debtor Fee (No SS # or Tax ID on judgment) $25.00 per debtor

Documents to be recorded in both conveyance and mortgage (fees are assessed separately for each recording book, except for the $5.00 LCRAA fee)
Fees include $5.00 LCRAA Fee, 10 names to be indexed and 1 certified copy

  • 1 to 5 pages $205.00

  • 6 to 25 pages $405.00

  • 26 to 50 pages $605.00

  • 51 or more pages $605.00 for the first 50 pages + $5.00 per additional page

  • Index Fee after the 10th name $5.00 per name

  • Paper size other than 8 ½" x 11" or 8 ½" x 14" $20.00 per page

  • Debtor Fee (No SS # or Tax ID on judgment) $25.00 per debtor

Cancellation/Partial Release (single mortgage, lien or privilege) $55.00

Cancellation with original paraphed note $15.00

Cancellation of La. Dept of Labor lien (includes initial recording fees):

  • If lien was recorded prior to 8-1-17 $85.00

  • If lien was recorded on or after 8-1-17 $155.00

Notice of Repossession $75.00

Affidavit of Identity No Charge

Copies $1.00 per page

Conformed Copy $5.00 + copy fee

Certified Copy $10.00 + copy fee

Postage Actual Amount

* Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for documents to be returned by mail to avoid additional postage fees.

UCC RECORDING FEE SCHEDULE

All UCC-1 Financing Statements include required $5.00 prepaid termination fee.

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement $30.00 First Pg. & 1 Debtor

  • UCC-1F Financing Statement with Farm & Crop $35.00 flat fee

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement with Assignment $35.00 First Pg. & 1 Debtor

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement relating to fixture or extracted collateral $40.00 First Pg. & 1 Debtor

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement (Transmitting Utility) $205.00

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement (Transmitting Utility & Fixture Filing) $215.00

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement (Public Finance Transaction) $105.00

  • UCC-1 Financing Statement (Public Finance Transaction & Fixture Filing) $115.00

  • UCC-1F Financing Statement Crop Only $20.00 flat fee

  • UCC-1 Each Additional Debtor $10.00

  • UCC-1 Non Standard Form Penalty $15.00

  • UCC-1 Each Additional Page$2.00

  • UCC-3 Amendment (one debtor) $25.00

  • UCC-3 Assignment (Full or Partial)(one debtor) $25.00

  • UCC-3 Continuation (one debtor) $25.00

  • UCC-3 Re-inscription of Pre-Chapter 9 filing $25.00

  • UCC-3F All $20.00 flat fee

  • UCC-3 Master Amendment $5.00 Per # Amended

  • UCC-3 Each Additional Debtor $10.00

  • UCC-3 Each Additional Page $2.00

  • UCC-3 Additional Debtor named on original $5.00

Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for documents to be returned by mail to avoid additional postage fees.

Online Records Search

Online Court and Land Records Subscription

  • Set up Fee New Subscribers $100.00

  • Monthly Subscriber Fee $65.00

  • Mortgage, Conveyance & UCC per printed page $1.00

  • Criminal, Traffic & Family per printed page (Excluding minute entries) No Fee

  • Criminal, Traffic & Family per minute entry $10.00

  • Civil per printed page No Fee

  • Viewing Documents No Fee

Online Land Records Only Subscription

  • 1 Day Unlimited Access to Index and Images $20 Daily with a $1.50 per page printing fee

  • 30 Day Unlimited Access to Index and Images $50 Monthly with a $1.50 per page printing fee

  • 365 Day Unlimited Access to Index and Images $600 Yearly with $1.50 per page printing fee

  • Click HERE to get a Land Records Only subscription.

Cash or credit/debit card unless otherwise specified.

A convenience fee of 3.00% will be assessed to each credit/debit card transaction. There is a minimum convenience fee of $1.00 for all transactions under $33.00.

Facsimile Fees

For additional information or for questions regarding fees please call (337) 291-6400.