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The Recording Department of the Clerk of Court is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Tangipahoa Parish.
Recording Fees
Recording Documents in Conveyance, Mortgage and Miscellaneous Books
1 - 5 Pages (per book) $110.50
6 - 25 Pages (per book) $210.50
26 - 50 Pages (per book) $310.50
each additional page after 50 Pages $5.00/ page
***Any documents larger than letter or legal size paper is subject to a $20.00/page Non-Compliance fee***
Indexing Per Name After 10th Name (effective 08/01/2017 as per R.S. 13:844 A e) $5.00
Cancelling Real Estate Documents w/ Original Note $20.50
All other Cancellations $60.50
Copy Charges
Conformed Copies $5.00 per document
Certified Copies $10.00 per document
Copies per page (made by clerk) $1.00 per page
Mortgage/Lien Certificates
One Name - One Definable Property $20.00
Each Additional Definable Property $20.00
Each Additional Name $10.00
Each Exception after 10th-$1.00
General Mortgage Certificate Call for quote 985-748-4146
****Pricing for a General Mortgage Certificate cannot be determined until the Certificate has been completed****
Mortgage Certificate Update per name $10.00
Lien Certificate $30.00
Lien Certificates w/ Surety $40.00
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.