Chelsey Richard Napoleon
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder
Departments
Main Phone Number: (504) 407-0000
Chief Deputy CIVIL DIVISION DEPARTMENTS Along the front counter four technical
supervisors are available to assist you. If you are processing a pleading or
initiating a suit and need special assistance, you may go to the
appropriate supervisor for assistance or information. SUCCESSIONS - Docket 1 All Successions and Probate matters, Tutorships,
Interdictions, Emancipations, Civil Judicial Commitments, etc., are handled
here. In addition, the legal requirements for publishing notices in the Gambit
are taken care of at Docket 1. Probate WRITS & SEIZURES - Docket 4 Questions involving Writs of Garnishments, Executory
Process, Preliminary Defaults, Default Confirmations, Notarial Certificates,
Sequestrations, Fifes, Foreclosures, Execution of Judgments, etc., should be
addressed to this work station. Technical Supervisor DOMESTIC - Docket 5 Questions regarding Separations, Divorces, Rules
for Custody, Name Changes, as well as Suits for Injunctive Relief, Election
Suits, and Notarial Commissions should be addressed to this work station. Domestic APPEALS This station handles all matters relevant to an
appeal. (504) 407-0000 BOOKKEEPER The Clerk of Court's office maintains a Registry
of Court fund. Litigants often request that the Judge order money to be
deposited with the Clerk of Court. The Clerk of Court does not accept or
release funds as a fiduciary unless ordered to do so by an Order signed by a
Judge. The bookkeeper is responsible for all deposits and withdrawals. Bookkeeper SECTION HEADS The Clerk's office divides the responsibility
for processing incoming pleadings, indexing them and issuing process according
to section of Court. Each section of Court has a Section Head who is
responsible for indexing the paperwork of a particular division of Court. If
you wish to inquire about the status of any pleading or process, ask to speak
to the Section Head for the division of Court to which your case has been
assigned. RECORD ROOM All active cases are kept in numerical order in
the Record Room. A record can be requested at the record room counter by
filling out a request form. The hard copies of cases which have been completed
are stored at the warehouse unless the record pertains to inheritance rights,
title to property, or status. The Annex Record Room houses Successions and
Domestic Cases from 1918 to 2003. Please allow for a delay in retrieving any
record that is located in the Annex or the Warehouse. Copying: You may request copies of documents in the Record
Room. Certified copies are $3.00 per page and uncertified copies are $1.00 per
page. You are entitled to three free copies of any
dispositive judgment rendered if you are a party to the proceeding and the
request is made contemporaneously with the signing of the judgment. You may request certified copies of documents at
the Record Room counter or at the appropriate section head station. Record Room RECORD ROOM TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICES Deputy Clerks are available in the Record Room
to provide factual information from case records over the telephone. Information
such as the date of a hearing, whether an answer has been filed, etc., can be
obtained by calling.
(504) 407-0118
(504)
407-0047
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(504)
407-0026
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407-0046
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407-0055
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407-0036
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