(225) 389-3950

The Public Service Department is the first department of its nature introduced in a Clerk of Court's office in Louisiana. It was created to improve assistance to the public. The primary function of the personnel in the department is to greet the public and to help the public obtain the information it is requesting. Most of the information is available within the Microfilm Center, located in Public Service.

The Microfilm Center contains information on records located throughout many departments in the Clerk of Court's office. Services rendered in the Public Service Department includes issuance of the following:

• Marriage Licenses, Sample License
• Passports
• Registrations of Clergyman
• Acts Of Congress
• Oaths Of Offices
• Conveyance Certificates
• Municipal Addresses Information
• Acknowledgement of Paternity Searches
• Trade Name Searches
• Property Bonds

The Public Service Department houses the following books and indexes (including microfilm on most) and is able to furnish information on the following:

• Marriage Licenses (Books & Indexed)
• Conveyance Indexes (Vendee & Vendor)
• Mortgage Indexes (Mortgage & Mortgagee)
• Civil, Family, and Probate Indexes
• *Spanish Records & Translations
• *American State Papers
• Registered Clergyman
• All Notarial Acts (All Original & Bundles)
• Plan Book & Map Indexes
• Donation Records
• Charter Records
• Registered Agents Books
• Partnership Books
• Sheriff Sale Books
• *Railroad Conditional Sales Books
• Flat Files Indexes
• Parish Judges Books
• Compiled Restriction Records

* denotes viewing available only at downtown office