Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Where Converse's records are kept. Court and property records for Converse sit with Sabine Parish, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Louisiana.
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As a small town, Converse relies on Sabine Parish for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Phone (318) 567-3312. 209 West Port Arthur Avenue, Converse LA 71419. The department has no website of its own; this official page lists it.
Open official site Converse Police DepartmentState records
Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Open official site Louisiana Business & Corporation SearchVital 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 RecordsVital records
Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the LA Office of Public Health.
Open official site Louisiana Marriage InformationPolice & jail
Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office, 400 Capitol St., Many, (318) 256-9241: parish law enforcement, the parish jail, inmate information and sheriff's news.
Open official site Sabine Parish Sheriff's OfficeCounty court
This portal provides subscriptions for search and printing capability for Clerks of Court from many offices across the state of Louisiana District.
Open official site Clerk Connect, the multi parish clerk of court portalCourt records
Online eSearch of Sabine Parish Clerk of Court indexes and record book images, including mortgage and conveyance records, through a subscriber login.
Open official site Sabine Parish Clerk of Court Online RecordsEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Converse, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Converse in ZIP code 71419 keeps its own council and town business records. Many, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Sabine Parish page lists each county office.
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 1 hole inside the city or town limits, 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.
Converse sits over the Texas Region 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 town. 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Louisiana is run by the Louisiana Secretary of State, and the parish Registrar of Voters keeps the roll for Converse. You can register online, by mail or in person. 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.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Louisiana come from the Louisiana Department of Health, Vital Records Registry. The fee is $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. 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.
Deeds for property in Converse are recorded by the parish Clerk of Court, the parish Tax Assessor sets the assessed value, and the parish Sheriff, as ex officio tax collector sends the tax bill. Our Sabine Parish page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Converse come from the Converse Police Department, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Converse register with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division, which runs the state business entity search. 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.
Louisiana criminal history checks are run by the Louisiana State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. The fee is $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. 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.
Same county
Other places in Sabine Parish. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Sabine Parish records are on the county page.