Access Lafourche Parish Clerk Records

Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court

Annette M. Fontana is the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court. Her official biography states that she was elected on October 24, 2015 and began her term on July 1, 2016. It also notes her Certified Louisiana Clerk designation in March 2017 and her Certified Elections/Registration Administrator designation in 2025. Before taking office, she served as an Assistant District Attorney in Lafourche Parish, practiced in family law, estate planning, successions, and civil litigation, and taught Family Law at Nicholls State University.

The Clerk of Court is the parish's central court-record custodian. The office handles civil filings, criminal filings, copy requests, marriage licenses, conveyance and mortgage record access, UCC-related records, elections, and public research computers. The Clerk also links the Clerk Connect civil inquiry, criminal inquiry, records search, Court Date Finder, e-filing, e-recording, and marriage application routes.

The official Clerk biography page documents the current clerk's background and office role.

That biography is useful context because the Clerk's office combines court records, elections, public copies, and modernization of online access under one elected parish office.

Lafourche Parish Clerk Offices

The Clerk contact page lists three public office channels. The temporary Thibodaux office is the main location for civil, criminal, election, administrative, recording, and document-processing functions. Lockport and the Galliano/Cut Off branch give south and central Lafourche residents limited-day access for clerk services. The Clerk's mailing address remains P.O. Box 818, Thibodaux, LA 70302.

The Clerk contact page is the source for current offices, hours, phones, fax numbers, mailing address, and public records email.

Those office listings matter because a person may use a branch for some public services, while broad recording and case-file processing are centered in Thibodaux.

Lafourche Parish Clerk Duties

The Clerk's duties split into several public-facing departments. Civil staff handle suits, cost calculation, citations, writs, subpoenas, other process, and protective orders. Criminal staff handle criminal filings, background checks, expungements, and non-support cases. The Copy Department provides copies of non-sealed Clerk records, including mortgage and conveyance documents, civil and criminal filings, marriage licenses, oaths, and other documents. It also maintains public search computers and indexes for in-person research.

• Civil case filing and docket support for suits, family cases, successions, protective orders, and civil process.
• Criminal filing support for district court criminal cases, non-support matters, background searches, and expungement paperwork.
• Copy and certification service for non-sealed court and recorded documents.
• Conveyance, mortgage, UCC, marriage, election, and public research functions.

The Civil Department page describes filings, process, and protective-order work.

Civil department information is central for lawsuits, domestic cases, successions, and protective-order records that are not criminal filings.

Request Lafourche Clerk Copies

Certified copies are used when a plain printout is not enough. A certified copy carries the Clerk's certification and is often needed for court filings, title work, legal proof of marriage, judgments, and other formal use. The best request begins with enough identifying information for staff to locate the exact record, because a broad name-only request can delay the search or produce the wrong file.

1. Identify the record type, such as civil case, criminal case, marriage license, conveyance, mortgage, oath, or other Clerk record.
2. Gather the case number, docket number, instrument number, party names, filing date, or document date when available.
3. Submit the request in person, by mail, or by email to clerk@lafourcheclerk.com if the record is a Clerk public record.
4. Pay the copy and certification fee using the method the Clerk accepts for that service.
5. Ask whether the copy will be picked up, mailed, or handled through another approved delivery method.

For criminal filings and expungement forms, the Criminal Department page points users to the correct staff function.

The criminal department source separates criminal case copies and background searches from civil lawsuits and land-record copy work.

Lafourche Clerk Request Fields

The research identifies a Clerk copy request form through the Copy Department page, but the full PDF field capture was not completed. A practical Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court records request should still provide the details staff need to locate and certify the correct file. The table below uses only request facts supported by the research: record type, party names, docket or instrument identifiers, copy type, and delivery channel.

Note: Juvenile, sealed, expunged, adoption, and protected personal information may be withheld even when a docket or index entry can be found.

Lafourche Parish Clerk Fees

The Clerk posts separate fee schedules for copies, criminal records, marriage licenses, vital-record printing, civil filings, and expungements. The table below focuses on the amounts most tied to record access. Filing deposits can change based on service, motions, and later court action, so a civil filing cost should be confirmed before filing.

The Copy Department page lists non-sealed records available for copies, public research computers, and copy prices.

Copy Department access is the fallback when a record is public but not fully available through an online portal.

Lafourche Clerk Online Records

Online access is organized through Clerk Connect and related Clerk links. Civil inquiry covers civil suits, domestic cases, probate and succession filings, protective orders, and other civil-side dockets. Criminal inquiry covers criminal case records. Records Search covers conveyance, mortgage, land, and recorded instruments. Court Date Finder gives upcoming civil and criminal court dates, while separate e-filing and e-recording links support electronic submission by eligible users.

The Clerk resources page links official court, sheriff, district attorney, Secretary of State, assessor, eClerks LA, and other public resources.

Those resource links are useful when a record search crosses from Clerk records into court dates, sheriff records, district attorney contacts, or statewide services.