Search East Feliciana Parish Court Records

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The central record holder is the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court. The Clerk receives civil, family, probate, juvenile, adoption, and criminal filings for the 20th Judicial District Court, assigns docket numbers, indexes matters for reference, issues process and subpoenas, and keeps daily minutes. The same office also handles marriage licenses, mortgage records, conveyance records, and public inspection of the record groups listed on its public-records page.

Online access is useful, but it is not a complete substitute for the Clerk counter. The Clerk links to the eClerks/eVault path for online database access, while statewide LCRAA materials describe land, marriage, civil, family, and probate locator functions. The public portal path may require an account, supported browser, or subscription for some viewing and printing. A full court file, certified copy, judgment copy, or older index search may still require an in-person, email, mail, or fax request.

1. Identify the record type first. Court case files, daily minutes, traffic files, marriage licenses, mortgage records, and conveyance records are Clerk records.
2. Use the Clerk's online database link or the daily docket page when a date-based hearing list is enough.
3. Search or request by case number if known. If not, use party name, record type, and an approximate filing or hearing date.
4. For a complete public file, visit the Clerk counter during posted weekday hours and inspect the record for free.
5. Request copies, certified copies, or extracts only after confirming the file is public and the correct case has been found.

The Louisiana statute image below comes from La. R.S. 13:312, which places East Feliciana Parish appellate matters in the First Circuit.

East Feliciana Court Records Fields

East Feliciana Parish court records do not sit in one plain free case-search form. The research points to a set of practical channels: eClerks/eVault, LCRAA login, the Clerk's daily civil docket, email to the Clerk for non-routine records, in-person inspection, and federal PACER for federal matters. The table shows what a searcher can use or see before asking for a full file.

The public-records law screenshot is from La. R.S. 44:1, the Louisiana definition section used for public-records access.

East Feliciana Court Record Types

Court records in East Feliciana Parish reflect the work of the 20th Judicial District Court and the Clerk of Court. Civil files can include petitions, answers, exceptions, service returns, rules, judgments, garnishments, judgment-debtor rules, executory process, protective orders, and appeals. Probate is usually framed as succession practice in Louisiana, so succession files are docketed, numbered, and indexed through the same Clerk court system.

Criminal records are separate from jail roster data. The Clerk court page says criminal indictments, bills of information, and other criminal filings pass through the Clerk. A criminal file can include charges filed in court, minutes, subpoenas, pleas, dispositions, sentencing, expungement papers, extracts of minutes, and costs. Family, divorce, juvenile, adoption, traffic, marriage, mortgage, conveyance, liens, judgments, and land records each have their own access limits and search clues.

• Civil suits and family matters: petitions, answers, judgments, rules, and service records.
• Criminal cases: indictments, bills of information, minutes, pleas, dispositions, subpoenas, and sentencing entries.
• Probate and successions: succession petitions, curator appointments, inventories, and judgments of possession.
• Traffic matters: public traffic records at the Clerk plus some local Clinton ticket records handled through town channels.
• Recorder records: mortgage, conveyance, lien, judgment, UCC, chattel mortgage, and related index material.

The Title 13 image below comes from Louisiana Title 13, which includes clerk remote access and East Feliciana justice-of-the-peace provisions.

What East Feliciana Court Records Show

A court record usually gives more than a name match. In East Feliciana Parish, a case file or docket may show the case number assigned by the Clerk, the court or division, judge, filing date, hearing date, parties, attorneys, action type, disposition, financial entries, documents, and staff such as clerk, reporter, or bailiff. The daily docket sample showed Judge Kathryn E. Jones, Clerk David Dart, reporter Miranda Bourgoyne, bailiff Terry Dunn, a case number, party columns, action, disposition, and a download link.

For docket-only needs, use East Feliciana Parish court dockets to focus on hearing calendars and docket rows rather than full case-file copies.

East Feliciana Court Records Access

The Clerk's public-records request page gives the local rule in plain terms. Civil, criminal, traffic, marriage license, mortgage, and conveyance records are available for public examination in the facilities where those filing or research offices are housed. Inspection is free during the Clerk's weekday hours, and the page says no appointment or advance contact is needed. Copies requested under Louisiana public-records law cost $1 per page through the Clerk.

For other records, the Clerk names David Dart as custodian and provides the email route. Mail can go to P.O. Drawer 599, Clinton, LA 70722, and fax requests use 225-683-3556. Certified copy needs should be checked with the Clerk before payment. Criminal copies are listed at $1 per page and certified criminal copies at $5 on the criminal fee page, while the civil fee schedule uses advance deposits for filings, not ordinary public inspection.

The custodian notice image below comes from La. R.S. 44:33.1, the public-records custodian contact statute cited by the Clerk.

Restricted East Feliciana Court Records

Public access has limits. Juvenile criminal records, sealed records, adoption records, mental-health or commitment material, protected addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and domestic-abuse-sensitive details should not be treated as open case data. The Clerk public-records page says people who want to view juvenile criminal or other sealed records must petition the court.

Expunged criminal records also require care. East Feliciana's criminal fee page lists four separate U.S. Postal Money Orders for expungement filings: $200 to the Clerk, $250 to State Police, $50 to the District Attorney, and $50 to the Sheriff. An expungement restricts ordinary public access under the court order, but it does not mean every government agency loses all legally allowed access. If a public search has no result, the correct reading may be sealed, expunged, juvenile, restricted, old, misindexed, or held in another court level.

The juvenile confidentiality image below comes from Louisiana Children's Code article 412.

East Feliciana Record Requests

The most reliable fallback is the Clerk counter in Clinton. The 20th JDC FAQ states that the Clerk's office is across the street from the courthouse, so record seekers should not assume the courtroom building is the copy counter. Bring the case number if known, party names, record type, and the date range. For judgments, the FAQ says copies are picked up from the Clerk in the parish where the case was heard. For transcripts, contact the court reporter at the judge's office, because transcript requests are not ordinary Clerk copy requests.

Federal records are a different system. East Feliciana Parish is in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana for federal matters, and PACER or federal CM/ECF is the official federal docket route. Local Clerk records do not include federal criminal, civil, or bankruptcy files.