Louisiana, St. Landry Parish
Where Opelousas's records are kept. Opelousas has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
The cards below include Opelousas's own offices, along with State of Louisiana offices; the St. Landry Parish offices are on our St. Landry Parish page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
Louisiana Secretary of State archives with an online catalog and a statewide index of historical birth and death records plus Orleans Parish marriages; newer vital records come from the Vital Records Registry.
Open official site Louisiana State ArchivesCounty court
Federal court for bankruptcy cases in western Louisiana, with offices in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport. Posts court fees and local procedures and takes applications for unclaimed funds.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of LouisianaCounty court
The Louisiana Supreme Court sits at 400 Royal Street in New Orleans; its site posts court actions with email alerts, the docket, court rules, oral argument video, electronic filing and law library resources.
Open official site Louisiana Supreme CourtVital records
The Center for Vital Records and Statistics sells Louisiana fetal death certificates for $7 by mail or at 1450 Poydras Street, New Orleans; parents on the record can order a stillbirth certificate, first copy free.
Open official site Louisiana Department of Health Certificate of Fetal DeathPolice & jail
Help for families from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections: find someone in state custody or on probation or parole through LA VINE, updated every 24 hours, or call the Imprisoned Person Locator.
Open official site Louisiana Public Safety and Corrections Inmate InformationPolice & jail
State Police clearinghouse set up in 1985 that manages Louisiana AMBER and Silver Alerts and Level II Endangered Missing Child Advisories, lists active alerts and works with families, police and NCMEC.
Open official site Louisiana Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited ChildrenPolice & jail
Louisiana State Police registry of convicted sex offenders, sexually violent predators and child predators; users accept conditions of use before searching, and data come from corrections, courts and local police.
Open official site Louisiana State Police Sex Offender and Child Predator RegistryPolice & jail
Louisiana State Police bureau that issues a certified Right to Review copy of your own criminal history, ordered by fingerprint appointment through LAPS and sent by mail or a 30 day email link.
Open official site LSP Bureau of Criminal Identification and InformationCity records
City of Opelousas resident section, from the city offices at 105 Main Street, with water bill and property tax payment, public hearing notices, the public library, facility rentals and city park programs.
Open official site City of Opelousas Resident InformationProperty records
Opelousas government index linking the mayor and city council, the city directory, council agendas and minutes, public records reports, bid notices, City Court and the police department.
Open official site Opelousas City GovernmentPolice & jail
Opelousas Police Department at 318 N. Court St. takes extra patrol and funeral escort requests, anonymous crime tips and online reports, and posts annual reports with yearly crime data.
Open official site Opelousas Police DepartmentCounty court
City court in Opelousas, Louisiana, with Judges Shaunn Caillier-Harden and Jeannine Elliott. Traffic fines, criminal fines and court costs can be paid by phone, mail, drop box or online.
Open official site Opelousas City CourtEverything else, organized
7 more Opelousas sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Opelousas, a place of 15,786 people, is in St. Landry Parish. Court and property records sit with St. Landry Parish, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Louisiana. Opelousas's own offices are in the cards above, and our St. Landry Parish page lists each parish office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 33 investigations with a Opelousas address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $91,240 in back wages agreed for 158 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.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opelousas Police Department | 1 | $34,098 | 12 |
| Belmatt Inc | 1 | $9,520 | 17 |
| Dean Dunn | 1 | $9,429 | 24 |
| KDS Construction, LLC | 1 | $7,929 | 2 |
| Sullivan Oil Company | 1 | $6,339 | 11 |
| Check Point Urgent Care, LLC | 1 | $5,131 | 11 |
| Caleb Cart Farms | 1 | $4,183 | 12 |
| Opelousas Hospitality LLC | 2 | $2,581 | 3 |
| Mejia LLC | 1 | $2,133 | 22 |
| Kids Excel, Inc. | 1 | $1,576 | 14 |
| Brown's Furniture | 1 | $1,482 | 1 |
| Bullet Trucking | 2 | $1,306 | 7 |
| New Beginnings Addiction Recovery Center, Inc | 1 | $1,104 | 6 |
| St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office | 1 | $1,045 | 1 |
| Acadiana Preparatory School, Inc. | 1 | $932 | 5 |
| Service Builders Supply Corp | 1 | $753 | 2 |
| Louisiana Special System Inc | 1 | $632 | 2 |
| Flamin Wheel Pit Stop, LLC | 1 | $444 | 1 |
| Acadia Hospitality, LLC | 1 | $345 | 2 |
| Ortego Oil & Supply Company | 1 | $201 | 2 |
| Doran & Cawthorne, PLLC | 1 | $77 | 1 |
| Nurse Corps, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Smith Brittany, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| St. Landry Lodging LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Billy's Boudin and Cracklin, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 30 whose address on the record is in Opelousas; 5 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 5 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.
Deeds for property in Opelousas are recorded by the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court, and the parish office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our St. Landry Parish page lists the parish offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Louisiana come from the state vital records office, Louisiana Vital Records Registry. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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.