Louisiana, parish records
Find the right office in Jefferson 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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Vital records
Death certificates for any parish from the Louisiana Department of Health vital records registry, by mail, online or in person.
Open official site Louisiana death certificatesState records
Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Open official site Louisiana Business & Corporation SearchVital records
Marriage certificates: Orleans Parish from the state vital records registry, every other parish from the clerk of court that issued the license.
Open official site Louisiana marriage recordsCounty court
Civil and criminal court records, conveyance and mortgage records and marriage licenses filed in Jefferson Parish.
Open official site Jefferson Parish Clerk of CourtCounty court
The state trial court for Jefferson Parish: civil, criminal and family cases, judges and dockets.
Open official site 24th Judicial District CourtProperty records
Property assessments, parcel ownership and the tax roll for Jefferson Parish.
Open official site Jefferson Parish AssessorPolice & jail
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office at 1233 Westbank Expressway in Harvey: the public records center, online inmate search, Offender Watch, property and sales tax, occupational licenses and ticket payments.
Open official site Jefferson Parish Sheriff's OfficeParish records
Voter registration and the office that keeps the voter rolls for Jefferson Parish.
Open official site Jefferson Parish Registrar of VotersParish records
The parish governing body, its offices and public records contacts for Jefferson Parish.
Open official site Jefferson Parish governmentPolice & jail
How to find someone in Louisiana state custody, including people serving state sentences in parish jails, from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Open official site Louisiana imprisoned person locatorPolice & jail
Name and address search of registered sex offenders statewide, kept by the Louisiana State Police.
Open official site Louisiana sex offender and child predator registryVital records
Birth and death certificates for every parish, and Orleans Parish marriage certificates, from the state vital records office.
Open official site Louisiana Vital Records RegistryLocal record guide
Parish profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of the parish.
Police Departments. Jefferson Parish is served by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Kenner Police Department and the Gretna Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO), headquartered at 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, LA 70058, is the primary law enforcement agency serving the parish. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto III leads the office, which operates multiple district stations throughout the parish including the East Bank and West Bank divisions. The JPSO website at www.jpso.com provides access to various public services including the inmate lookup system. Arrest records in Jefferson Parish are public records under Louisiana Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et seq, which establishes the right of citizens to inspect and copy public records.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Jefferson Parish are maintained by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Jefferson Parish are taken and retained by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
The facility is located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, LA 70053. You can also call the center at (504) 368-5360 for assistance. 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA 70053 • Phone: 504-736-6255
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the parish: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 2 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 20 holes drawn inside the parish, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Geothermal.
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.
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.
Know before you ask
Each figure below was read on the official source linked beside it, October to November 2026. A fee or rule the source does not state is left out rather than guessed, and offices can change their schedules, so confirm on the source before you pay or travel.
The current JeffNet guide lists a $5 daily pass and a $50 monthly subscription per user. Downloaded copies cost $0.75 per page; court certification adds $5, while mortgage certification adds $10. Marriage index coverage extends beyond the marriage images displayed online. Confirm the record category before purchasing access, and do not treat an index match as proof that its image can be downloaded.
The daily-account agreement excludes e-recording and criminal e-filing, while the current JeffNet description uses broader criminal-filing wording. The agreement and service summary therefore differ. Confirm the required filing privilege with support before relying on a daily account for submission. This distinction does not change the purpose of a research copy order, but it matters when research is followed by a new filing.
Mortgage and Conveyance/UCC maintains the parish land records and separately issues certificates reflecting official searches, including lien and privilege information. A certified copy authenticates the selected instrument; it is not the same product as a certificate of search results. Give the property and name scope required for the search and retain the mortgage or conveyance reference for any copy ordered alongside it.
The Clerk public-record notice offers inspection without an appointment during the stated weekday hours and charges for copies. Juvenile Court records follow their own court access route. The fee schedule separates court and mortgage-copy certification and identifies other products such as conformed copies. A subscription is a remote-access choice, not a requirement to inspect every public record at the office.
JeffWatch instructions describe free monitoring of names in mortgage and conveyance recordings. A common name can generate an alert about another person. Use the supplied recording information to examine the actual document and property description before treating the alert as a finding about ownership or fraud. Notification and record verification are separate steps.
The birth and death service lists walk-in locations in Metairie, Gretna and Harvey, with birth copies at $34 and death copies at $26. Credit cards are not accepted for this service. Older birth records may need a state update before issuance, so the office asks applicants with pre-1983 records to arrive before 4 p.m. The Louisiana records guide connects local requests with state vital and archive services.
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.
Land records, copies, official searches and certificates.
Office page: jeffparishclerk.gov
Eligible birth and death certificates.
Office page: jeffparishclerk.gov
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 812 investigations in Jefferson Parish since fiscal 2005 and recorded $11,879,400 in back wages agreed for 15,249 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 731 on the Jefferson Parish record; 230 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 706 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish are kept by the Jefferson 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.
No. The current guide gives separate certification charges for those categories.
No. The online images cover fewer years than the online index; older entries show in the index without an image.
No. The daily agreement has restrictions and differs from the service summary; confirm the needed privilege.
No. The department distinguishes official search certificates from document copies.
The Clerk provides free in-person inspection during its stated hours.
No. A name match can concern another person; inspect the instrument and property details.
The service instructions accept cash, check or money order, not credit cards.
The Clerk says many older records need a state update before a certificate can be issued.
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.