Louisiana, Jefferson Parish

Metairie, Louisiana Public Records

Where Metairie's records are kept. Metairie has no town government, so its court and property records sit with Jefferson Parish, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Louisiana.

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Metairie has no town government of its own and relies on Jefferson 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.

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Louisiana Death 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.

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About public records in Metairie

What we hold on Metairie, and who keeps its records.

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Metairie at a glance

County
Jefferson Parish
County seat
Gretna
Population
143,507
Jefferson Parish population
440,781
Local records
Jefferson Parish offices
ZIP codes
70002, 70003, 70001, 70006, 70005, 70004, 70009, 70010, 70011, 70033, 70055

About Metairie public records

Metairie has no local government of its own; the records for the people and property here are held by Jefferson Parish. Gretna, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Jefferson Parish office is listed on our Jefferson Parish page.

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Wage and hour cases in Metairie, Louisiana

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 318 investigations with a Metairie address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $3,435,891 in back wages agreed for 4,391 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.

Investigations closed
318
Back wages agreed
$3,435,891
Workers due back wages
4,391
Civil money penalties
$207,627
Employers on the record
285

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 285 whose address on the record is in Metairie; 73 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 260 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

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Other places in Jefferson Parish. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Jefferson Parish records are on the county page.