East Baton Rouge Parish Deed Records

East Baton Rouge Parish deed records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Baton Rouge, the state capital and most populous parish in Louisiana. The clerk's office handles all conveyances and mortgages for property in the parish and offers online access through Clerk Connect. You can search East Baton Rouge Parish deed records through a paid subscription online, visit either the main courthouse or the Airline Branch, or inspect records in person for free during regular office hours.

East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court

Clerk Doug Welborn heads the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court. The main office is at 300 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, and the Airline Branch is at 10500 Coursey Boulevard. Main phone: (225) 389-3950. Airline Branch: (225) 295-4780. Email: dwelborn@ebrclerkofcourt.org. The Recording Department is in Room 152 at the main office, phone (225) 389-3985. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with birth certificates closing at 4:00 PM and marriage and passport services ending at 3:30 PM.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk's office serves the entire Baton Rouge metropolitan area and is one of the highest-volume deed recording offices in Louisiana. Copy fees are $1.00 per page and certified copies cost $10 per document. Map copies are $3.00 for standard size and $12.00 for 24" x 36" maps. In-person inspection of records is free and does not require an appointment. The office reminds researchers that in-person access is available to all, and juvenile records require a court petition to access.

Search East Baton Rouge Parish Deed Records Online

East Baton Rouge Parish is fully integrated with the Clerk Connect multi-parish portal at clerkconnect.com. Subscription options are: $20 for 24-hour access, $65 per month, or $780 per year. Clerk Connect provides search by property address, owner name (grantor or grantee), instrument number, book and page number, and case number. The platform also supports eFiling for East Baton Rouge Parish. Subscriber accounts can search, view images, and download documents through the portal.

The statewide eClerks LA index at eclerksla.com also covers East Baton Rouge Parish for free name-based index searches. This portal was established under La. R.S. 13:754 and is a useful starting point to confirm filing dates and instrument numbers before pulling up full document images through Clerk Connect. Both the eClerks LA portal and Clerk Connect can be used for e-recording in East Baton Rouge Parish.

In-person access at either the main courthouse or the Airline Branch is free and does not require advance notice. Staff can assist with searches and direct you to the Recording Department for deed-specific queries. The Recording Department is in Room 152 at the main North Boulevard office.

East Baton Rouge Parish Recording Fees

East Baton Rouge Parish copy fees are $1.00 per page for regular copies and $10 per document for certified copies. Map copies are $3.00 for standard and $12.00 for large format. Recording fees follow the state Act 173 schedule: 1-5 pages at $105 plus the $5 LCRAA portal fee, scaling up to $305 plus $5 per additional page for documents over 50 pages. E-recording and e-filing are available through Clerk Connect for those who file frequently in the parish.

Document formatting must meet La. R.S. 13:844 requirements: 2-inch top margin on the first page, 1-inch margins elsewhere, and minimum 8-point type. Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to bind third parties. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2742, all recorded documents become permanent parish archives and are not returned to the filer. Always request certified copies at recording time if you need them.

Cities in East Baton Rouge Parish

East Baton Rouge Parish includes Baton Rouge, St. George, Central, and other communities. All property deed records for these cities are maintained at the parish clerk's office.

Nearby Parishes

East Baton Rouge Parish borders West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Ascension, and East Feliciana parishes.