Louisiana, Acadia Parish
Where Mermentau's records are kept. Court and property records for Mermentau sit with Acadia Parish, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Louisiana.
Start here
As a small town, Mermentau relies on Acadia 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 (337) 824-3853. 104 Seventh Street, Mermentau, LA 70556. The department has no website of its own; this official page lists it.
Open official site Mermentau 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 InformationCounty court
Property records for Mermentau, Louisiana are maintained by the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court.
Open official site Acadia Parish Clerk of CourtEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Mermentau, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Mermentau, a place of 516 people, keeps its own council and town business records. The Acadia Parish offices are in Crowley, the county seat. Our Acadia Parish page lists each county office.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Examining records is free under Louisiana's Public Records Law, and custodians may charge only reasonable copy fees under a published schedule. A certified Louisiana birth certificate costs $15 and a death certificate $7 plus a 50 cent state charge on mail and VitalChek orders, parish clerks of court set their own copy fees, and the State Police Internet Background Check charges per search.
Ask the Mermentau police department for incident and crash reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crashes worked by the Louisiana State Police are sold online or at any State Police troop, usually about 15 business days after the crash.
Cases filed in Acadia Parish are heard by the district court for the parish, and the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court keeps the files and runs the parish records system. Louisiana has no statewide trial court portal, and the Supreme Court offers a case search for its own cases.
Conveyance and mortgage records are recorded by the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court. The Acadia Parish Assessor sets property values, and the parish sheriff serves as the property tax collector.
Louisiana birth and death certificates are issued by the Vital Records Registry, by mail, at a Vital Records service center or through VitalChek, and many parish clerk of court offices issue them through the state system. Marriage records are kept by the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court.
Yes. The Louisiana State Police Internet Background Check returns a name-based Louisiana criminal history online for a fee. Parish clerk of court records also show criminal cases.
Louisiana's Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1, requires records to be made available promptly, and when a record is in active use the custodian must set a time within three working days to inspect it. Examining records costs nothing.
Same county
Other places in Acadia Parish. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Acadia Parish records are on the county page.