St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Public Records

Investigations closed

45

Back wages agreed

$260,750

Workers due back wages

370

Civil money penalties

$51,461

Employers on the record

40

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 40 on the St. Landry Parish record; 10 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 15 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

St. Landry Parish records: courthouse divisions, historical series, and copy charges

Select the Clerk division and courthouse room

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court publishes a division directory at 337-942-5606. Land Records uses extension 5121, Courts extension 5113, marriage licenses extension 5128, birth certificates extension 5161, and Archives and Research extension 5151. The main address is 118 South Court Street, Suite 207, Opelousas; correspondence goes to P.O. Box 750, Opelousas, LA 70571. Give the division name with a mailed inquiry so a document search does not arrive as an unspecified request to the entire office. Clerk division contacts.

The Courts Division identifies its service location as Suite 121 on the courthouse's first floor. The marriage instructions identify Suite 206, while Archives uses basement Room 11. Contact the relevant division before a research visit to confirm access arrangements and time for older records. The main office directory does not publish a regular counter schedule for all of these services. Sources: stlandry.org; stlandry.org; stlandry.org.

Choose the land-record subscription for property research

The Clerk specifies that eClerksLA is for land records. Its posted options are $20 for one day, $50 for thirty days, or $500 for a year, with a separate $1-per-page printing charge. Choose the access period around the instruments you need to inspect, then preserve each document's index reference and parties before purchasing printed copies. A subscription to view images is not itself a certified copy of an instrument. Land-record access options.

For a conveyance history, distinguish the deed that transfers an interest from a mortgage, release, donation, or other recorded act. Read the parties and property description in the instrument after locating the index entry. If an older reference does not resolve in the online collection, give the Land Records or Archives division the book, page, name, and approximate date rather than assuming the act was never recorded.

Count the complete recording package

St. Landry's recording schedule uses document-length bands: one through five pages cost $110; six through twenty-five pages cost $210; twenty-six through fifty pages cost $310. For more than fifty pages, the schedule adds $5 per further page to the fifty-page amount. The posted base includes up to ten indexed names and a certified copy, with separate charges for extra names and other listed conditions. These are document bands, not a uniform first-page fee. Recording bands and copy charges.

The schedule defines the presented document to include its attached exhibits, riders, and other accompanying papers. Before estimating a filing, count the full package and identify each index or recording book needed. A separate copy order is priced differently: ordinary copies are $1 per page, conformed copies add $5, and certified copies add $10 to the copy charge; postage is extra at actual cost. Source: stlandry.org.

Use the court collection for pleadings and judgments

The Courts Division keeps civil and criminal suits, successions or probates, traffic, non-support, juvenile, and adoption proceedings. Its overview describes indexes reaching back to the parish's beginnings and document images from 1997. It excludes confidential juvenile and adoption records from ordinary paid-copy access. Identify the case type, names, and file number before requesting an order or pleading; a land-index entry about a judgment may not contain the full court file. Court holdings and access scope.

Court subscriptions are offered through ClerkConnect, separately from the land service. The posted court options are $20 for a day, $50 for thirty days, and $600 for a year, with printing at $1 per page. Do not assume a land subscription includes the court collection or that every indexed proceeding is publicly viewable. Ask the Courts Division about the particular file and certification requirements. Court-record subscription options.

Separate a litigation deposit from a document-copy order

The Clerk's court-cost explanation says only an estimated final cost can be given before the office receives the final judgment or dismissal. That is a warning about calculating proceeding costs, not a quotation for an existing decree. If your goal is a divorce judgment, succession order, or other filed document, state that you want a copy from a named case and ask for the applicable copying and certification charge. Preserve the file number with the returned copy. Court-cost explanation.

Plan early parish research around the historical series

The Archives Department lists conveyances beginning in 1805, marriage licenses and probates in 1807, civil district suits in 1813, and notarial books for 1818 through 1850. Other holdings include sheriff deeds, donations, immigration papers, bonds, livestock brands, and coroner inquests. Choose the series that fits the event: a succession may identify heirs, while a conveyance records a property transfer. Record the series name as well as the book or file citation. Archive series and date ranges.

The archive describes records from territory that later became other parishes, making the historical place and date relevant to a search. It also says the Opelousas Post colonial microfilm for 1764 through 1805 is now at State Archives. Before a long trip, ask whether the needed series is held locally and whether an index, microfilm, or original volume will be used. A modern parish boundary should not be the sole reason to exclude an early St. Landry record. Source: stlandry.org.

Use the Clerk certificate service within its stated coverage

The Clerk offers Louisiana birth certificates for records from 1915 forward that are on file with Vital Records. The published certificate charge is $34. A birth card is available only together with a certificate, at a combined charge of $48. The instructions ask for pictured identification, event and applicant details, parental names, and the mother's maiden name. Confirm the available record form before paying for a combined product. Local birth and death certificate service.

The same Clerk service offers death certificates from 2011 forward at $26. Its stated eligible applicants are immediate surviving family or beneficiaries; a beneficiary must provide the identified insurance policy or will evidence. Tell the division the year of death and your relationship or entitlement so it can check the required documents. The local Clerk price and date coverage should not be substituted for a different state-mail product. Source: stlandry.org.

Locate a marriage by the issuing parish

St. Landry's marriage instructions explain that the record belongs to the parish that issued the license, even when the ceremony occurred elsewhere in Louisiana. For a copy, provide the parties' first and last names and the license-issue date. A certified marriage-license copy is listed at $7; a mailed copy adds postage. The separate charge for issuing a new license does not measure the cost of retrieving an older marriage record. Marriage-copy route and price.

If a family history provides only the ceremony location, look for the issuing parish before placing a paid copy request. Ask the marriage division which date or name variations are useful when the issue date is uncertain. A record from the historical marriage series and a current certified copy may require different retrieval steps, even though both originate with the Clerk.

Keep assessment information and parish tax payment apart

The Assessor maintains parcel ownership and legal-description information and establishes assessments for ad valorem taxation. Its office distinguishes that work from the Sheriff's role in sending parish tax bills and collecting payments. Keep the parcel identifier when comparing an assessment entry with a recorded act, and identify the tax year when asking about a bill. An assessed value and the consideration recited in a deed are different record fields. Assessor and collector responsibilities.

The Assessor's Opelousas contact is 118 S Court Street, Suite 230, telephone 337-942-3166, with weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its Eunice satellite publishes a more limited Monday and Thursday schedule. Sheriff Civil, Tax and Traffic services are at 1618 E Prudhomme Street, telephone 337-948-6516, option 4, with weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Assessor office contacts. Sheriff tax and civil counter.

Use the jail and registrar contacts for their own records

The Sheriff identifies the parish jail at 108 South Market Street, Opelousas, telephone 337-948-5804; jail mail uses P.O. Box 1029. The Corrections division describes responsibility for people awaiting trial and those serving sentences. Use that jail contact for detention questions and the separate Sheriff's headquarters route for other agency matters. A booking entry is not a substitute for the eventual court judgment. Jail contact information. Corrections responsibilities.

The Secretary of State lists the Registrar of Voters at 118 S Court Street, Suite 133, telephone 337-948-0572, with mail to P.O. Box 818. The Clerk separately describes its election responsibilities, including election personnel, machines, and returns. Match a registration inquiry to the Registrar and a Clerk-held election record to the Clerk, rather than treating the two offices as interchangeable. Registrar directory. Clerk election responsibilities.