Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Public Records

Investigations closed

98

Back wages agreed

$4,837,899

Workers due back wages

4,531

Civil money penalties

$76,811

Employers on the record

89

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 89 on the Terrebonne Parish record; 38 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 64 more with smaller records are on the Louisiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Terrebonne Parish clerk departments and record collections

Find the certificate counter on Church Street

The Terrebonne Parish clerk places the Birth and Death Certificate Department at 310 Church Street, across the street on the west side of the Old Courthouse. Marriage-license service is also at that offsite address. This differs from the main clerk address listed in the state directory at 7856 Main Street. The certificate department requires in-person requests and accepts cash; it directs mailed certificate orders to Louisiana Vital Records. Choose the service before planning the visit so a mailed application is not addressed to a counter that does not accept it. Compare the certificate department together with marriage department and state clerk directory.

Check the local certificate date limits

The local clerk lists birth-certificate service for Louisiana births from 1903 onward and death-certificate service for deaths from July 7, 2012 onward. It directs earlier deaths to Louisiana Vital Records and older archival records to the state archives route described in its instructions. A local birth certificate costs $34, a birth certificate with birth card costs $48 as a pair, and a death certificate costs $26. The birth card is not sold alone. These clerk-issued products have their own charges and should be kept separate from the state registry's direct-order prices. Read the local coverage and certificate fees (terrebonneclerk.org).

Bring the identification accepted for the application

The certificate department publishes primary and secondary identification categories and specifies that identification must be current and legible. It says a digital LA Wallet display is not accepted for its birth, death and marriage services and calls for the physical identification document. Eligibility to obtain a certified record also depends on the requester's relationship or authority. Read that eligibility list before sending another person to the counter, particularly when the applicant is an agent or a relative outside the listed categories. The marriage department similarly distinguishes its acceptable documents from a TWIC card. Consult the certificate identity rules (terrebonneclerk.org) and marriage identification instructions (terrebonneclerk.org).

Keep a copy before submitting an original instrument

The Recording Department explains that original instruments filed with the clerk are retained rather than returned to the sender. On receipt, the document receives an entry number, book and page, and filing date and time before scanning and indexing. A filer may obtain a certified copy with the clerk's endorsement at filing, while later copies go through the Copy Department. Keep the reference and a copy of the complete submitted instrument for future requests. Documents may include attachments that affect the page count, so identify the entire recorded item when asking for reproduction. See the recording and original-document procedure.

Calculate recording from the applicable page band

The recording schedule linked by the clerk lists $105 for a document of one through five pages, $205 for six through twenty-five pages, and $305 for twenty-six through fifty pages. Beyond fifty pages, it adds $5 per page to the listed base. The schedule includes an allowance for indexed names and identifies other charges for additional names or oversized paper. It also has separate cancellation and other categories. Treat these as document-band fees, not a price for the first page alone, and ask which recording books apply to the submitted act. Use the office-linked recording schedule.

Request the civil or succession file by its case reference

The Civil Records Department keeps civil and probate records, pulls files for viewing, makes copies and indexes suits filed in the Thirty-Second Judicial District. It also files and indexes transcripts received in civil suits. Name the case and the particular judgment, petition, transcript or other filed document in a request. The general fee page lists civil copies at $1 per page, with a certified copy at $5 plus the page charge; certification of the entire record is a separate category. Ask whether the order concerns one document or the whole case file. See the civil department and civil copy products.

Distinguish a disposition from a name search

The Criminal Records Department maintains felony, misdemeanor, traffic and other criminal case records and files charges received from the District Attorney. A request for a particular disposition is different from asking staff to search a name. The fee page lists a criminal name search at $20 and a disposition at $10 per minute entry, with separate copying and certification categories. Retain the case number and charge information when requesting the entry that records the outcome. A local clerk search should also be identified as a local court-record service, rather than assumed to be a statewide criminal-history product. Use the criminal records department and criminal service charges (terrebonneclerk.org).

Read each online index date before searching

The clerk's online system provides a Certified Dates utility that separates record series. It lists conveyances beginning December 31, 1971, mortgages September 9, 1946, civil cases July 1, 1990, and criminal cases September 6, 1994. The ending dates differ by series and change as indexing proceeds. These are the displayed index spans, not a statement that older parish records do not exist. Check the relevant series at the time of research, then ask the clerk about records outside the online period. Subscription plans also differ in whether images are included. Compare Certified Dates with the online search plan descriptions.

Separate assessment questions from clerk records

The Terrebonne Parish Assessor works at Government Tower, 8026 Main Street, Suite 501, with weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its staff directory identifies property-transfer, mapping, oil and gas, and other assessment functions. A valuation or parcel question can be directed to that office while the recorded conveyance remains with the clerk. For formal requests to the clerk itself, the clerk publishes a dedicated records-request email and a mailing route to P.O. Box 1569 in Houma. Name the department and existing documents so the request reaches the appropriate collection. Use the Assessor contact directory and clerk public-record request instructions.