Louisiana, parish records
Find the right office in Bossier Parish. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and parish filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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County court
The Bossier Parish Clerk of Court, listed on the parish site: Clerk Jill Sessions in Benton, Louisiana, with the office's mailing address, telephone and fax numbers and a link to the clerk's own site.
Open official site Bossier Parish Clerk of CourtPolice & jail
The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office as listed by the parish: Sheriff Julian Whittington at 204 Burt Boulevard in Benton, Louisiana, with a phone number, email and a link to the sheriff's site.
Open official site Bossier Parish Sheriff's OfficeVital records
Louisiana Department of Health Vital Records issues death certificates, which are not public records, only to eligible relatives with ID and a fee. Parish Clerks of Court also issue copies for deaths since July 2012.
Open official site Louisiana Death RecordsState records
Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Open official site Louisiana Business & Corporation SearchVital records
Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the LA Office of Public Health.
Open official site Louisiana Marriage InformationLocal record guide
Parish profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement across the parish, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within the parish. The Bossier City Police Department serves the largest city in the parish, handling law enforcement within city limits and coordinating with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Julian Whittington, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Bossier Parish and operates the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Facility. Requests for Sheriff records are reviewed for release under the published public-records procedure.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Bossier Parish are maintained by the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, either in person or through their official website.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Bossier Parish are taken and retained by the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office during the booking process at the parish detention center. Request the identified booking photograph through the records custodian; release depends on the applicable restrictions and the Sheriff records procedure.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 34 holes inside the parish, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Louisiana's underground mines are salt mines; no state abandoned mine inventory is published.
Bossier County sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Louisiana Geological Survey (LSU) and linked below.
Louisiana abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 178 investigations in Bossier Parish since fiscal 2005 and recorded $950,895 in back wages agreed for 2,057 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 158 on the Bossier Parish record; 39 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 133 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Bossier research often begins with a court file but ends with a particular signed document: a judgment, succession order, marriage record or recorded conveyance. Write down the case or instrument number when you find it, the parties as indexed, and the document date. Ask the Clerk which department holds that record and whether the receiving institution needs certification. The public counter is on the third floor at 204 Burt Boulevard in Benton; correspondence goes to P.O. Box 430. Counter hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays, according to the Clerk of Court contact information.
The posted counter and mail schedule separates land-document copies from court and marriage copies. Conveyance and mortgage copies cost $1 per page; certification is $10 for the document, with copying charged when the customer does not supply the copy. Civil, probate and criminal mail copies are $1 per page with a $5 certification charge. A certified marriage-license copy has its own $5 entry. Describe the exact product when asking for a total, including the page count and return method. These are distinct entries in the Clerk copy-fee schedule.
Remote research has a different price structure. Clerk Connect offers a $20 day pass that expires at midnight on the purchase date, a $50 monthly pass and a $500 annual pass. Online copies cost $0.60 per page, with separate certification and card charges. Select Bossier when creating the subscription; access in another parish does not establish access here. Check the chosen pass and copy balance against the Bossier subscription instructions.
A conveyance search and a mortgage search answer different parts of a property question. Carry the owner names, legal description, filing date and any earlier instrument references from one document to the next. The recording office assigns a registry number and filing time, scans the instrument, and indexes its parties. Original documents deposited with the recorder become parish archives, so plan for a recorded copy instead of the return of the original. The Recording Department explains its intake and indexing process.
Recording charges are tiered by document length. The conveyance or mortgage entry is $105 for one to five pages, $205 for six to twenty-five, and $305 for twenty-six to fifty. A document recorded in both record groups is charged separately for each. Additional names, oversized pages and other products can alter the total; use the instrument-specific recording schedule rather than a universal first-page price.
The Bossier Clerk issues eligible Louisiana birth certificates for $34 and death certificates for $26. The requester must attend in person, qualify to receive the record and present accepted identification; the application details must match that identification. The local death-certificate service covers deaths after July 9, 2012. A parent, descendant or representative should check the entitlement category before travelling, particularly when ordering for someone else. The office lists the identification choices and qualifying relationships in its birth and death certificate instructions.
A completed marriage record and a new marriage license are separate requests. If you are documenting an earlier marriage, give the parties and approximate marriage date and ask for the recorded license copy. If you are preparing for a ceremony, use the current application requirements rather than the copy order. Bossier publishes those requirements in its marriage-license service information.
For an address or assessment number, start with the parish assessor search to identify the assessment account and the property description. Then use the recorded instrument to investigate the transfer, restriction or mortgage that prompted your research. Keep the assessment year with any valuation you save; a tax assessment and a sale document describe different events. The assessor directs property-tax payments to the Sheriff, so a payment question should follow that collection route. These searches and office directions are available through the Bossier Parish Assessor.
For a Sheriff offense or incident report, supply the report number if known, the incident date and location, and your connection to the event. The Records Division accepts contact by email, telephone, mail or a visit to 204 Burt Boulevard. Its report counter operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the direct records telephone is 318-965-3434. Use the incident-report directions to identify the correct intake channel.
Other Sheriff public-records requests follow the signed request form. Review the fee schedule but do not send payment with the initial request; the custodian sends a cost notice when applicable. The published procedure closes an unpaid request after ten business days from that notice. Ask for the non-exempt portions of an identified record and keep the request and invoice together. The Sheriff explains the request, payment and release procedure.
A road project, parish contract, meeting action or administrative correspondence may belong with the Police Jury rather than the courthouse Clerk. Specify the department, project or meeting and a manageable date span. The Police Jury directs requests to its Parish Secretary as records custodian, using the published email address or P.O. Box 70, Benton. That address is separate from the Clerk and Sheriff mailing boxes. Begin with the Police Jury custodian instructions.
Louisiana law distinguishes access to an available public record from a disputed disclosure decision. If the custodian questions whether a requested record is public, the written determination and reasons are due within five days, excluding weekends and legal public holidays, for the written request described in R.S. 44:32(D). Do not interpret that provision as a promise that every large request will be fully copied in that period. The statutory duties also address inspection and copying charges.
A local court outcome can be the missing piece in a state criminal-history entry. Preserve the arrest information and ask the court clerk for the certified disposition that addresses each charge, including any amended charge. Louisiana State Police identifies the Clerk, District Attorney or city prosecutor as possible sources of a missing disposition and describes the documents needed to update its record. A parish portal search by itself is not a statewide background report. Follow the BCII disposition and Right to Review guidance.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Court files, conveyance and mortgage recording, marriage records and eligible vital certificates.
Office page: bossierclerk.com
Assessment accounts, taxable property values and exemptions.
Office page: bossierparishassessor.org
Sheriff offense and incident reports and public-records requests.
Office page: bossiersheriff.com
Police Jury administrative records; requests directed to the Parish Secretary.
Office page: bossierparishla.gov
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Bossier Parish Sheriff or a city police department in Bossier Parish. Ask that agency for its record. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 234 requires a remove for pay publication or website to remove and destroy, within seven calendar days and at no charge, the booking photograph of a person who was acquitted or not prosecuted or whose charge was expunged, vacated or pardoned, once the person sends proof.
The Louisiana criminal history record comes from the Louisiana State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. A Right to Review certified copy of your own record under R.S. 15:588, by digital fingerprints at a Louisiana Applicant Processing System site booked online, or by mail with two FBI FD 258 fingerprint cards and the Right to Review Authorization and Disclosure forms; Louisiana is a closed record state, so there is no public name search. Fee: $26.00 processing fee, plus a $10.00 fingerprint fee if printed at LSP Headquarters; a $5 technology fee is added to all background check requests.
Search the Louisiana State Police, State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the parish Registrar of Voters or through the Louisiana Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Register at least 30 days before an election in person or by mail (postmarked 30 days before), or 20 days before through GeauxVote Online Registration with a Louisiana driver's license or special ID card.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Bossier Parish are kept by the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court. Property values are set by the parish Tax Assessor, and tax bills come from the parish Sheriff, as ex officio tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Louisiana come from the Louisiana Department of Health, Vital Records Registry. Participating Louisiana Clerks of Court sell certified copies of birth records (long and short form), and Clerk of Court issued death certificates, for an added fee. By mail to Vital Records Registry, PO Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160; in person at the Vital Records Central Office, 1450 Poydras Street, Suite 400, New Orleans; or online, by phone or fax through VitalChek Network, the authorized service provider the office names. Fee: $15.00 per copy of a birth certificate and $7.00 per copy of a death certificate, plus a $0.50 state charge on each mail or VitalChek order.
Business entity filings are searched with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. Louisiana Economic Development says licenses and permits are required at the local, state and federal levels, and local requirements come from your parish and city governments.
The published $20 daily subscription ends at midnight on the date it is bought. Online copies and certification carry separate charges, so select the pass with that cutoff in mind. See the Bossier subscription terms.
The recording office states that deposited originals become part of the parish archives. Ask for the recorded certified copy you need and retain its registry reference with your transaction papers. The Recording Department describes how deposited instruments are handled.
No. The copy schedule has a $5 certified marriage-license-copy entry. A new license is a separate application product. Request the existing recorded marriage by the parties and date, using the Clerk copy schedule.
The Clerk limits its local issuance service to deaths after July 9, 2012. An earlier death needs the appropriate state or archival route. Check the event date before using the parish certificate service.
The Sheriff asks requesters to submit the signed form first and await the cost notice. Payment methods then depend on the requester and delivery route; the office does not accept every personal-check payment. Follow its published public-records procedure.
The Police Jury custodian receives correspondence at P.O. Box 70, Benton, LA 71006. The Clerk and Sheriff have different post-office boxes. The custodian also publishes an email route in the administration contact instructions.
Use the assessment account to identify the parcel, then locate the recorded mortgage and release in the Clerk records. An assessment value or owner label does not supply the release instrument itself. Start the parcel identification with the Bossier Assessor search.
State Police directs routine appointments through the IdentoGO network within LAPS and says headquarters no longer accepts walk-in appointments. Choose the required report format before scheduling. The fingerprint instructions explain the mailed and electronic options.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.