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Orleans Parish, Louisiana – Clerk of Court Office

The Clerk of Court is an elected position for each Parish. The Clerk keeps all official records for the courts, functions as the recorder, and handles vital records, marriage licenses, and passports.

Contact Information:

Chelsey Richard Napoleon
421 Loyola Avenue
Room 402
New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone 504-407-0000
Fax 504-592-9128

Office Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

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Orleans Parish, Louisiana – Parish Clerk/Recorder Database

Duties of the Parish Clerk:

There is no Parish Clerk position in Orleans Parish, but this parish is a consolidated parish/city governor, so it’s led by the mayor.

Contact Information:

LaToya Cantrell
1300 Perdido Street
2nd Floor East
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-658-4900

Duties of the Parish Recorder:

The Parish Clerk of Court also functions as the recorder of land records.

Contact Information:

Chelsey Richard Napoleon
1340 Poydras Street
4th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-407-0005

Records Search and Public Records Requests

To obtain public records from Orleans Parish, you can contact the department you’re seeking records from. You can also submit a request online.

Contact Information:

Orleans Parish Government
(Department Name)
1300 Perdido St.
New Orleans, LA 70112

Statistics – Crime, Birth, Death, Property, Marriage, Divorce

Orleans Parish Birth, Death Records
Births (2007): 4,093
Per 1,000 population: 14.2
Deaths (2007): 2,660
Per 1,000 population: 9.2
Infant Deaths (2007): 40
Per 1,000 population: 9.8

Orleans Parish Criminal Records
Violent Crimes (2008): 2,893
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: 179
Forcible rape: 76
Robbery: 1,087
Aggravated Assault: 1,551
Property Crimes (2008): 15,208
Burglary: 4,645
Larceny-Theft: 7,346
Motor Vehicle Theft: 3,217

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,345 (0.9%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,496 (0.7%)

Households: 390,144
Male householders: 64,400 (30,939 living alone)
Female householders: 87,353 (40,103 living alone)
40,177 spouses (39,389 opposite-sex spouses)
8,750 unmarried partners, (7,877 opposite-sex unmarried partners)
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.6

Total HU (Housing Units) 196,067 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU 83,521 (42.6%)
Renter Occupied HU 84,206 (42.9%)
Vacant Housing Units 28,340 (14.5%)
Median Home Value $312,209
Average Home Value $397,269
Housing Affordability Index 76

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