Sabine Parish Deed Records
Sabine Parish deed records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Many, Louisiana. All conveyances and mortgages for property in the parish are filed and indexed at this office. You can search Sabine Parish deed records through an online eSearch subscription portal or the free eClerks LA statewide index. Electronic recording is also available for the parish through eClerks LA.
Sabine Parish Quick Facts
Sabine Parish Clerk of Court
Clerk Shelly Salter heads the Sabine Parish Clerk of Court at 400 South Capital, Room 102, in Many. Mailing address: P.O. Box 419, Many, LA 71449. Phone: (318) 256-6223. Fax: (318) 256-9037. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The clerk's office maintains all deed records for Sabine Parish property, including the conveyance and mortgage indexes for the complete chain of title on all real property in the parish.
Sabine Parish is in northwest Louisiana along the Texas border, with Toledo Bend Reservoir forming the western boundary. The parish has significant timber land, agricultural tracts, and lakefront property along Toledo Bend. The reservoir creates a substantial recreational real estate market with camps, fishing cabins, and waterfront lots. The clerk's office in Many handles all deed filings for this varied property base, from large timberland tracts to small lakefront lots. Electronic recording is available through eClerks LA for Sabine Parish.
The clerk's office processes deed recordings, certified copy requests, and public record searches. Staff can help researchers navigate both the older Book and Page index books and newer digital records. Contact the office at (318) 256-6223 before visiting to confirm current hours and copy fees.
| Clerk | Shelly Salter |
|---|---|
| Address | 400 South Capital, Room 102, Many, LA 71449 |
| Mailing | P.O. Box 419, Many, LA 71449 |
| Phone | (318) 256-6223 |
| Fax | (318) 256-9037 |
| Hours | Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM |
| Website | sabineparishclerk.com |
Search Sabine Parish Deed Records Online
Sabine Parish has an eSearch subscription portal for online deed record access. Subscription rates are: $20 per day; $100 per month; $300 for three months; $1,200 per year. This system provides access to Sabine Parish conveyance and mortgage records. Contact the clerk's office at (318) 256-6223 or visit the website at sabineparishclerk.com for login details and current access instructions.
Electronic recording for Sabine Parish is available through eClerks LA at eclerksla.com. This lets authorized filers submit deed and mortgage documents electronically through the statewide portal without mailing paper originals. The same eClerks LA system also provides free index-level searching for Sabine Parish records, authorized under La. R.S. 13:754. Free searches show grantor and grantee names, filing dates, instrument numbers, and document types. The eClerks Alert service monitors for new filings under your name at no cost.
For in-person research, the Many courthouse has the complete archive. Both older Book and Page records and newer instrument-numbered documents are available. For the earliest land records in Sabine Parish, the Louisiana State Land Office at doa.la.gov holds original patents and tract books. Phone: (225) 342-4570.
Sabine Parish Deed Documents and Recording Fees
Sabine Parish deed records include all documents in the conveyance and mortgage indexes. Conveyance records cover acts of sale, cash sales, donations, exchanges, partitions, oil and gas leases, royalty deeds, rights of way, and easements. The mortgage index holds mortgages, judgments, tax liens, mechanic's liens, and UCC financing statements. Given the significant amount of lakefront and recreation property in the parish, rights of way and easements are common document types in the Sabine Parish conveyance record.
Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to make these documents effective against third parties. An unrecorded deed or mortgage in Sabine Parish cannot be enforced against a later buyer or creditor who had no actual knowledge of the prior transaction. Recording at the Many courthouse is the required legal step for any real estate transaction in the parish.
Recording fees follow the state Act 173 schedule under La. R.S. 13:844: 1-5 pages at $105; 6-25 pages at $205; 26-50 pages at $305; 51-plus pages at $305 plus $5 per additional page. The $5 LCRAA portal fee is included. All documents must have a 2-inch top margin on the first page and 1-inch margins on all other sides. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2742, recorded documents become permanent Sabine Parish archives and are not returned after filing.
Nearby Parishes
Sabine Parish borders De Soto, Red River, Natchitoches, Vernon, and Allen parishes.