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The Recording Department of the Clerk of Court is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Jefferson Parish.
Recording Fees
Deeds and all other documents:
DOCUMENT TO BE RECORDED IN ONE INDEX BOOK
(example: conveyance or mortgage)
1 to 5 pages $105
2 to 25 pages $205
26 to 50 pages $305
51 or more pages $305 for the fist 50 pages + $5 per additional page
Services included in the costs above include
1) one certified true copy of the recorded document OR e-certification of document;
2) indexing of all names up to ten names.
If you request your document receive multiple book designations (ex. mortgage and conveyance), multiply the costs above by the number of book designations the document is to receive.
Index Fee after the 10th name - $5 per name
Paper size larger than 8.5 x 14 - $20 per page
Mortgage Certificates
First name: $20.00
Each ADDITIONAL name: $10.00
Lien & Privilege Certificates
1st name: $20.00
Each ADDITIONAL name: $10.00
Certificate Preparation Fees (if prepared by clerk of court employees)
Mortgage only $40.00
Lien & Privilege $40.00
Copies $1 per page)
Certified Copy $10 + copy fee
Postage - Actual amount
Notary Fee $10
NOTE: If the instrument must be recorded in both conveyance and mortgage record, then the recording fee will be twice the amount less $5.00 LCRAA fee)
Non-standard documents: $10.00 in addition to recording fees for documents that are not in compliance with the recording standards (La.R.S. 13:844(D)).
Recording fees are subject to change without notice. For the most current fees and further information, contact the local office directly.
Document Formatting Requirements
* Documents should be submitted on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper or 8.5 x 14 inch white paper. The font should be black and no smaller than 8 point.
* Original copies only are accepted. These are not returned to the submitter.
* In order to avoid the non-compliance fee, use a margin of two inches at the top of the first page and one inch at the bottom and sides, and identify the document by title right below the top margin (La.R.S.13:844(D)).
* Any party to an act conveying real property located in Louisiana outside the city limits of New Orleans may obtain a certificate showing whether the state, parish, municipal, and levee district taxes due thereon, except for the year in which the conveyance takes place, have been paid.
* The seller of residential real property shall complete a property disclosure document in a form prescribed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission or a form that contains at least the minimum required by that commission.
* Documents must include a legal property description and must state the total consideration paid for the property.
The transfer of real property in Louisiana follows the general requirement of an authentic act. An authentic act is a writing executed before a notary public or other officer authorized to perform that function, in the presence of two witnesses, and signed by each party who executed it, by each witness, and by each notary public before whom it was executed.