Bossier Parish Deed Records

Bossier Parish deed records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Benton, Louisiana, which is the parish seat. All conveyances and mortgages for property in Bossier Parish, including the city of Bossier City, are filed and indexed at this office. You can search Bossier Parish deed records online through Clerk Connect, request certified copies, or visit the Benton courthouse in person for full access to the document archive.

Bossier Parish Clerk of Court

Clerk Jill M. Sessions heads the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court at 204 Burt Boulevard, Third Floor, in Benton. The mailing address is P.O. Box 430, Benton, LA 71006. Phone: (318) 965-2336. Fax: (318) 965-2713. Email: clerk@bossierclerk.com. The office covers all deed records for Bossier Parish, including the major city of Bossier City which is the largest municipality in the parish. Even though Bossier City is the biggest city, all property records are filed at the parish seat in Benton.

The Bossier Parish clerk's office has a clear fee structure for copies and research. Standard copies cost $0.25 per page. Certified copies cost $5.00 per document plus copy fees. Deed copies are priced at $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page. Research that takes more than 15 minutes costs $15 per hour. These fees apply to in-person and mail requests. Contact the office before visiting to confirm current rates.

Search Bossier Parish Deed Records Online

Bossier Parish participates in the Clerk Connect multi-parish portal at clerkconnect.com. Clerk Connect provides subscription access to property records, civil records, and other documents from Bossier and other Louisiana parishes. Bossier Parish is enabled for both search and e-recording through Clerk Connect, and e-filing is also available for certain document types.

The free statewide eClerks LA index at eclerksla.com also covers Bossier Parish for basic name-based searches. The portal was created under La. R.S. 13:754 and is a good starting point if you want to find an instrument number before pulling up the full image through a paid service.

Bossier Parish Deed Recording Fees

Standard recording fees in Bossier Parish follow the state Act 173 schedule. The base fee for a 1-5 page document recorded in one book is $105. Larger documents cost $205 for 6-25 pages, $305 for 26-50 pages, and $305 plus $5 per additional page for documents over 50 pages. The $5 LCRAA portal fee established by La. R.S. 13:754 is included in all totals.

Additional fees apply for oversized documents ($20 per page), indexing more than 10 names ($5 per name past the tenth), and single cancellations ($55). Documents must follow format rules under La. R.S. 13:844 with a 2-inch top margin on the first page and 1-inch margins elsewhere. Electronic recording is available through Clerk Connect, which is the most efficient way to submit documents for frequent filers.

Bossier Parish Conveyance and Mortgage Records

The Bossier Parish clerk maintains two main record sets for real property: the conveyance index and the mortgage index. Conveyance records hold all transfers of ownership including deeds, cash sales, donations, exchanges, partitions, leases, oil and gas instruments, rights of way, and plats. Mortgage records hold mortgages, judgments, liens, and UCC filings. Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to protect against third-party claims, and Article 2742 makes recorded documents permanent parish archives.

Bossier City is the largest city in the parish but records for all Bossier City property are kept at the Benton courthouse. If you are researching Bossier City property, you will use the same search tools and the same office as any other property in the parish. The city does not maintain separate land records.

Nearby Parishes

Bossier Parish borders Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Bienville, Claiborne, and Webster parishes. The eClerks LA statewide search can help if you are not certain which parish recorded a document near the border.