New Iberia Deed Records
New Iberia deed records are maintained by the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court at 300 Iberia Street in New Iberia. The city is the Iberia Parish seat, so the clerk's office is located in the heart of the city. All conveyances and mortgages for New Iberia property are filed at this courthouse, with online access available through the eClerks LA portal.
New Iberia Quick Facts
Where to Find New Iberia Deed Records
The Iberia Parish Clerk of Court at 300 Iberia Street, Suite 100, New Iberia, LA 70560, phone (337) 365-2384, maintains all deed records for New Iberia and the rest of Iberia Parish. New Iberia is the parish seat, so residents do not need to travel to another courthouse. The clerk's office handles all conveyance and mortgage recordings for the parish, including property sales, donations, leases, servitudes, mortgages, and judgment liens. See the full Iberia Parish deed records page for complete clerk details and current hours.
The Iberia Parish Clerk of Court website provides contact information and online access for New Iberia deed records through the eClerks LA portal.
New Iberia is the seat of Iberia Parish in south-central Louisiana, located along Bayou Teche between Lafayette and the Gulf coast. The city has a mix of residential and commercial property, with the surrounding parish including significant agricultural land, oil and gas operations, and natural gas storage facilities. All deed and mortgage recordings for New Iberia flow through the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court at 300 Iberia Street.
One important note for New Iberia and Iberia Parish: effective January 1, 2022, eClerks LA is the only electronic recording platform authorized for Iberia Parish. If you need to submit documents electronically for Iberia Parish, you must use eClerks LA rather than other eRecording vendors. Contact the clerk at (337) 365-2384 to confirm current electronic recording procedures and requirements before submitting documents.
The Iberia Parish Clerk of Court maintains the conveyance and mortgage indexes for all property in the parish. The conveyance index covers acts of sale, donations, partitions, leases, rights-of-way, and easements. The mortgage index covers mortgages, liens, judgments, and UCC filings. Both indexes use a grantor-grantee system. Instrument numbers are assigned to all recorded documents, and older records may be indexed by book and page. Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires that documents be recorded in the parish where the property is situated to be effective against third parties.
Search New Iberia Deed Records Online
Iberia Parish deed records are available through the eClerks LA portal at eclerksla.com. The free statewide portal, authorized under La. R.S. 13:754, covers all 64 Louisiana parishes and provides free name-based index searches showing filing dates, document types, and instrument numbers. Full document images require a paid subscription. The eClerks Alert free service lets you monitor for new filings under your name in Iberia Parish.
Electronic recording for New Iberia and Iberia Parish properties is available exclusively through eClerks LA as of January 1, 2022. This means that law firms and title companies submitting documents electronically for recording in Iberia Parish must use the eClerks LA platform. Paper documents can still be submitted in person or by mail to the clerk's office at 300 Iberia Street, Suite 100. For in-person research, the New Iberia courthouse is the complete source for Iberia Parish deed records. For the earliest land title records, the Louisiana State Land Office at doa.la.gov holds original patents and tract books. Phone: (225) 342-4570.
New Iberia Recording Fees
Recording fees for New Iberia (Iberia Parish) are slightly higher than the standard state schedule. Iberia Parish charges a $110 base fee for 1-5 pages (compared to $105 in most parishes). The full schedule: 1-5 pages at $110; 6-25 pages at $205; 26-50 pages at $305; 51-plus pages at $305 plus $5 per additional page. This schedule is authorized under La. R.S. 13:844. Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to make documents affecting immovable property effective against third parties. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2742, recorded documents become permanent Iberia Parish archives and are not returned after filing.
The $5 LCRAA portal fee is included in the recording fees. Contact the Iberia Parish Clerk at (337) 365-2384 to confirm the current complete fee schedule before submitting documents for recording. Make checks payable to the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court.
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