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Find the right office in St. James 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 St. James Parish.
Open official site St. James Parish Clerk of CourtCounty court
The state trial court for St. James Parish: civil, criminal and family cases, judges and dockets.
Open official site 23th Judicial District CourtProperty records
Property assessments, parcel ownership and the tax roll for St. James Parish.
Open official site St. James Parish AssessorPolice & jail
Parish law enforcement, the parish jail, warrants, civil process and property tax collection for St. James Parish.
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Voter registration and the office that keeps the voter rolls for St. James Parish.
Open official site St. James Parish Registrar of VotersParish records
The parish governing body, its offices and public records contacts for St. James Parish.
Open official site St. James 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
Law Enforcement & Arrests. The St. Sheriff Willy J. Martin Jr. Leads the department, which provides patrol services, criminal investigations, civil process, and operates the St. James Parish Detention Center. St. James Parish Detention Center houses both pre-trial detainees and sentenced inmates, and the public can inquire about current inmates by calling the detention center directly at 225-562-2200 or visiting in person during business hours. Louisiana Public Records Law, specifically Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 44, Chapter 1 (La. R.S. 44:1 et seq.), governs public access to arrest records and booking logs. Because Convent contains no incorporated municipalities, there are no separate municipal police departments; the Sheriff's Office maintains exclusive law enforcement jurisdiction throughout the parish. For recent arrest information and active warrants, citizens should contact the Sheriff's Office directly, as Louisiana does not maintain a centralized statewide arrest database accessible to the general public.
Arrest Records. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing the public to find information about current detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in St. James Parish are taken and retained by the St. These photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases that compile such information.
Property and land records for St. James Parish are maintained by two primary offices: the St. James Parish Clerk of Court (Conveyance Records Division) at 5800 LA-44, Convent, LA 70723 (225-562-2270), and the St. James Parish Assessor's Office at the same Government Complex address (225-562-2320).
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 5 mine sites inside the parish: 5 processing plants, which are not workings.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 17 investigations in St. James Parish since fiscal 2005 and recorded $391,686 in back wages agreed for 488 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.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motiva Enterprises, LLC | Convent | 1 | $299,654 | 272 |
| Galaxy Construction, Inc | Lutcher | 1 | $24,919 | 58 |
| St. James Association for Retarded Child Inc | Vacherie | 1 | $14,329 | 7 |
| S.C.K Trucking | Paulina | 1 | $13,503 | 1 |
| Newtown Partners, LLC | Paulina | 1 | $13,006 | 42 |
| Cajun Breaux LLC | Vacherie | 1 | $11,774 | 18 |
| Golden Grove Truck Stop | Gramercy | 3 | $5,490 | 64 |
| Sturdy Built Homes, LLC | Gramercy | 1 | $3,174 | 11 |
| Town of Gramercy | Gramercy | 1 | $2,787 | 6 |
| GenCon, Inc | Vacherie | 1 | $565 | 2 |
| Delta Group, LLC. | Lutcher | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sweet River Farms, Inc. | Saint James | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| North Star Painting Company, Inc. | Saint James | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Affinity Care Providers, Inc. | Gramercy | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the St. James Parish record, by back wages agreed; 7 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Louisiana wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office or a city police department in St. James 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 St. James Parish are kept by the St. James 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.
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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.