Caddo Parish Deed Records

Caddo Parish deed records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Shreveport, Louisiana. Property records for Caddo Parish go back to 1839, covering more than 185 years of land transactions in the Shreveport area. You can search Caddo Parish deed records online through Clerk Connect, request certified copies, or visit the Shreveport courthouse to search the Mortgage and Conveyance Index Books in person during regular business hours.

Caddo Parish Clerk of Court

The Caddo Parish Clerk of Court office is located at 501 Texas Street, Room 103, in Shreveport. Phone: (318) 226-6780. Emergency Fax: (318) 227-9080. Email for copies: copies@caddoclerk.com. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The clerk's office employs a staff of 70 people and also coordinates with 900 election commissioners for parish elections. It is one of the larger clerk's offices in Louisiana, reflecting Caddo Parish's status as one of the most populous parishes in the state.

Caddo Parish property records go back to 1839. The Mortgage and Conveyance Index Books are maintained in the Record Room and are indexed by name and the time a document was filed. Civil Court Rules in Caddo Parish require legal-size paper for court filings, which is worth noting if you are submitting documents in related civil proceedings. The clerk also handles jury duty coordination for Caddo Parish district courts.

Search Caddo Parish Deed Records Online

Caddo Parish is fully integrated with the Clerk Connect multi-parish portal at clerkconnect.com. This platform provides subscription-based access to property records, civil and criminal cases, and other documents for Caddo and other participating Louisiana parishes. Caddo Parish is one of the more active parishes on the platform, offering both search and e-recording capabilities. The office also supports e-filing through Clerk Connect for certain document types.

For basic name-based index searches, the free statewide eClerks LA portal at eclerksla.com covers Caddo Parish. The portal operates under La. R.S. 13:754 and shows filing dates, document types, and instrument numbers at no cost. It is a useful first step for confirming a document's existence before ordering copies.

Caddo Parish Deed Records and Chain of Title

The Caddo Parish Clerk maintains two main indexes for land records. The conveyance index holds all transfers of real property ownership including acts of sale, cash sales, donations, exchanges, partitions, long-term leases, oil and gas leases, royalty deeds, and rights of way. The mortgage index holds mortgages, judgments, tax liens, mechanic's liens, UCC financing statements, and other encumbrances. For a full title search on Caddo Parish land, both indexes must be reviewed going back to 1839.

Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to bind third parties. An unrecorded deed does not protect the buyer against someone who later records a conflicting claim without actual knowledge of the first transaction. This principle has governed Louisiana property law since the state's earliest days, and the Caddo Parish record books reflect over 185 years of that practice. The grantor-grantee index system lets researchers trace property from any party's name in either direction through the full chain of ownership.

Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2742, all recorded documents are part of the parish archives permanently. Request certified copies at the time of filing if you need them. The clerk does not return originals.

Cities in Caddo Parish

Shreveport is the major city in Caddo Parish and the parish seat. All Shreveport property deed records are maintained at the Caddo Parish Clerk of Court office.

Nearby Parishes

Caddo Parish borders Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Sabine, and Natchitoches parishes.