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Find the right office in Rapides 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.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Louisiana Secretary of State.
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Marriage certificates: Orleans Parish from the state vital records registry, every other parish from the clerk of court that issued the license.
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Civil and criminal court records, conveyance and mortgage records and marriage licenses filed in Rapides Parish.
Open official site Rapides Parish Clerk of CourtCounty court
The state trial court for Rapides Parish: civil, criminal and family cases, judges and dockets.
Open official site 9th Judicial District CourtProperty records
Property assessments, parcel ownership and the tax roll for Rapides Parish.
Open official site Rapides Parish AssessorPolice & jail
Parish law enforcement, the parish jail, warrants, civil process and property tax collection for Rapides Parish.
Open official site Rapides Parish Sheriff's OfficeParish records
Voter registration and the office that keeps the voter rolls for Rapides Parish.
Open official site Rapides Parish Registrar of VotersCity records
The parish governing body, its offices and public records contacts for Rapides Parish.
Open official site Rapides 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.
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Parish profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the parish, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within the parish, including the Alexandria Police Department and the Pineville Police Department. They often collaborate with the Sheriff's Office on major investigations and emergencies that require additional resources.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 5005 Coliseum Boulevard in Alexandria, Louisiana 71303, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of the parish.
Criminal Records. Residents can request criminal background checks through the Sheriff's Office or the Louisiana State Police.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Rapides Parish are maintained by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by submitting a formal request to the Sheriff's Office, often requiring a small fee.
Jail & Inmate Records. The booking process involves photographing and fingerprinting individuals upon arrest, and inmates can be located through an online inmate lookup tool provided by the Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Rapides Parish are taken and retained by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request. Mugshots are often included in arrest records and can be searched through online databases maintained by the Sheriff's Office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 10 mine sites inside the parish: 1 past producer, now closed, 9 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 135 holes drawn inside the parish, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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.
Rapides County sits over a mapped 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 county. 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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 183 investigations in Rapides Parish since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,695,919 in back wages agreed for 1,727 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 171 on the Rapides Parish record; 52 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 146 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Rapides Clerk of Court is at 701 Murray Street, Suite 102, Alexandria, and opens weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Public Service accepts written or in-person copy requests, rather than telephone orders. General-public copies must be paid for before release, and mailed requests should include a return envelope. Civil or suit copies cost $1 per page plus $5 for certification; recording copies have a $10 certification component instead. A request should identify the case or recorded reference and the precise document needed. Birth/death transactions have different payment instructions from ordinary copies. The clerk explains the distinctions in its Public Service copy guidance.
RAPID E-Search describes different starting dates for indexes and images. Civil/probate indexes begin in October 1984, while associated images begin in March 1994. Criminal inquiry begins in January 1984, with bills-of-information images from May 2003. The marriage index begins in January 1865 and is listed without images. An index hit therefore does not promise an online image of that document. Redacted document copies can be purchased online, but certified copies must be requested by mail or in person. An absent image can reflect the collection's coverage rather than the absence of an original filing. Review the category-specific dates in the RAPID E-Search coverage table.
The Clerk records both transfers of property interests and instruments encumbering property. Its conveyance collection includes deeds, partitions, heirship judgments, leases, rights of way and plats. Mortgage records include mortgages, money judgments and liens. A property history may need entries from both collections, especially when determining whether an earlier obligation was released. The clerk also describes mortgage certificates as products reflecting encumbrances and identifies the instruments used to cancel a mortgage. Supplying a party name alone may not locate the exact parcel or chain of documents. Keep the property description and reference numbers together when using the Recorder collection descriptions.
The linked recording schedule prices a document of one to five pages at $105 for one index book or $205 for both. It includes indexing for up to ten names and a certified copy, with separate charges for additional names, oversized paper and other situations. Longer documents move into different page bands. That structure is not a first-page charge followed by a uniform charge for every extra page. A new recording order also differs from buying a copy of a previously filed instrument. Identify page count, index treatment and any special document category before estimating payment from the uniform recording schedule.
Rapides distinguishes fees for a new marriage license from copies of a previously recorded license. The existing-record price is $6 for a certified copy or $1 for a regular copy, with cash, check or money order identified for that product. The place of the ceremony is not by itself proof that Rapides issued the license, because Louisiana licenses may be issued in another parish. Give the clerk the parties' names, date and issuing information when seeking the record. The clerk provides a mail-copy form separately from the new-license application and its supporting-document checklist. Use the existing-record portion of the marriage-license information.
Louisiana's vital-record fee schedule distinguishes certificates issued by participating clerks from those ordered directly through the state. It lists a clerk-issued long-form birth certificate at $34 per copy and a clerk-issued death certificate at $26. Those figures should not be replaced by a state-office amount or by the price of a marriage certificate from a different parish. Rapides Public Service identifies a birth-record contact and excludes birth/death transactions from its ordinary check-payment rules. Confirm eligibility, the available certificate type and the local service before visiting. The product-specific state schedule is published by the Louisiana Department of Health.
The Rapides Assessor identifies, classifies and values real property and business personal property for parish taxation. Its public website offers a real-property search and interactive mapping as well as a separate business-personal-property search. Use the account and map to identify the parcel, then obtain the recorded instrument from the Clerk when the question concerns a deed or encumbrance. An assessed owner name or map outline should not be substituted for the legal description in the instrument. The assessor also provides a distinct contact for geographic information and property classes. Start with the parcel and tax year in the Assessor property-record services.
The Registrar of Voters publishes voter-registration information, precinct resources, election results and links to state election services. Its current parish listing gives 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, and telephone 318-473-6770. The office notes that its main location has returned to the courthouse; a past temporary address should not guide a present visit. Early-voting notices show special schedules for particular elections, so those dates and hours should not be represented as the normal office calendar. Specify whether you need registration assistance, a precinct reference or an available election record. The local routing information appears in the Registrar of Voters listing.
The Rapides Parish Police Jury is a separate administrative office from the Clerk of Court. Its contact listing gives 711 Washington Street, Alexandria, and telephone 318-473-6660. An inquiry about a parish department's contract, meeting record or public-works activity should identify that department and the period involved. The contact form also distinguishes a roadwork or drainage service request from other messages and sends those requests to Public Works. For records research, explain the existing document sought rather than submitting a new maintenance request. If the document belongs to a different elected office, ask for the responsible custodian through the Police Jury contact route.
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.
Court and recording copies, local marriage copies and qualifying vital requests.
Office page: rapidesclerk.org
Real and business-personal-property assessment accounts and maps.
Office page: rapidesassessor.org
Voter registration, precinct and election information.
Office page: rppj.com
Parish administrative records routing and department contacts.
Office page: rppj.com
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish are kept by the Rapides 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.
Its instructions require a written request or an in-person request and state that phone orders are not accepted. See the copy-order instructions.
The coverage table lists the marriage index from January 1865 with no images. Ask the clerk for the actual record using the online coverage guidance.
The clerk says online purchases provide redacted copies, while certified copies must be requested in person or by mail. See the search and purchase instructions.
No. The schedule uses $105 for the one-to-five-page band in one index book and a different amount for both books. Review the recording schedule.
The clerk lists $6 for a certified copy and $1 for a regular copy. These are separate from a new-license application price in the marriage information.
The state schedule distinguishes the issuer and product, including clerk-issued long-form birth copies at $34 and death copies at $26. Consult the state service-fee list.
Its contact page lists 701 Murray Street, Suite 101, Alexandria, with telephone 318-448-8511 and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. See the Assessor contacts.
The parish listing identifies the courthouse at 701 Murray Street, Alexandria. Election-specific early-voting schedules differ from normal service hours in the Registrar information.
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.