Louisiana, Richland Parish
Where Start's records are kept. Start has no town government, so its court and property records sit with Richland Parish, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Louisiana.
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Start has no town government of its own and relies on Richland 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.
State records
The Louisiana Secretary of State commercial database: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and trade names by name, officer or charter number, with filing history and status.
Open official site Louisiana business entity searchVital records
Louisiana death certificates from the Vital Records Registry in New Orleans: certified copies for deaths in Louisiana within the last fifty years (older death records are public at the Louisiana State Archives), ordered online, by mail or in person by the family.
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Louisiana marriage records from the Vital Records Registry: certified marriage certificates for licenses issued in Orleans Parish; marriages licensed in other parishes are certified by that parish's Clerk of Court.
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The Richland Parish Clerk of Court in Rayville: civil, criminal, family and probate suit records of the 5th Judicial District Court, conveyance and mortgage records, marriage licenses and elections.
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The 5th Judicial District Court for Franklin, Richland and West Carroll parishes: criminal and civil cases, probate, court calendars and forms; suit records are kept by each parish clerk of court.
Open official site 5th Judicial District Court (Franklin, Richland and West Carroll parishes)Property records
The Richland Parish Assessor in Rayville: the parish assessment roll and GIS parcel maps, assessed values, homestead exemptions and address changes.
Open official site Richland Parish AssessorPolice & jail
The Richland Parish Sheriff's Office in Rayville: warrants, the parish sex offender list, public records requests, crime tips, dispatch, the parish detention center and property tax collection.
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The Louisiana Secretary of State voter portal: the registrar of voters for every parish with addresses and hours, voter registration and status lookup, and polling places.
Open official site Louisiana parish registrars of votersPolice & jail
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections imprisoned person locator: people held in state prisons and in parish jails under state custody, by name or DOC number, with the facility, custody status and release date information.
Open official site Louisiana imprisoned person locatorPolice & jail
The Louisiana State Police sex offender and child predator registry: registered offenders searched by name, address or map, with photographs, offenses and community notification rules.
Open official site Louisiana sex offender and child predator registryVital records
The Louisiana Vital Records Registry in New Orleans, part of the Department of Health: certified copies of Louisiana birth and death certificates and Orleans Parish marriage records, ordered online, by mail or in person, with the fees and the years covered.
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The Louisiana Supreme Court site: opinions, the court docket and a directory of every district, parish and city court in the state. Trial court case records are kept by the parish clerk of court.
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Unclaimed property held by the Louisiana Department of the Treasury: dormant accounts, uncashed checks, deposits and insurance proceeds, searched and claimed online by name.
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What we hold on Start, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
There is no town hall in Start. It is a Census designated place, not an incorporated town, so its records sit with Richland Parish. Rayville, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Richland Parish office is listed on our Richland Parish page.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Start sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by Louisiana Geological Survey (LSU) and that office is where to ask for them.
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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Louisiana is run by the Louisiana Secretary of State, and the parish Registrar of Voters keeps the roll for Start. You can register online, by mail or in person. 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.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Louisiana come from the Louisiana Department of Health, Vital Records Registry. The fee is $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. 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.
Deeds for property in Start are recorded by the parish Clerk of Court, the parish Tax Assessor sets the assessed value, and the parish Sheriff, as ex officio tax collector sends the tax bill. Our Richland Parish page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Start come from the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Start register with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division, which runs the state business entity search. 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.
Louisiana criminal history checks are run by the Louisiana State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. The fee is $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. 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.
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Other places in Richland Parish. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Richland Parish records are on the county page.