Union Parish Deed Records

Union Parish deed records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Farmerville, Louisiana. All conveyances and mortgage records for property in the parish are filed and indexed at this office. You can search Union Parish deed records through the eSearch portal with 24/7 online access, or visit the Farmerville courthouse in person. Electronic recording and eFiling through eClerks LA are available for the parish.

Union Parish Clerk of Court

Clerk Dodi Eubanks heads the Union Parish Clerk of Court. The office is currently operating from a temporary location at 207 East Bayou Street, Farmerville, LA 71241, with a permanent address at 100 E. Bayou Street, Suite 105, Farmerville. Phone: (318) 368-3055. Civil Fax: (318) 368-3861. Criminal Fax: (318) 368-0692. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The clerk's office serves as the official recorder for all conveyances and mortgages filed on Union Parish property and maintains the complete grantor-grantee index for all real property in the parish.

Union Parish is in northeast Louisiana near the Arkansas state line. It is a rural parish with timber land, agricultural tracts, and small residential communities. Farmerville, on the shore of Lake D'Arbonne, is both the parish seat and the largest town. Lake D'Arbonne State Park and the reservoir attract recreational property owners, making waterfront lots and lake camps part of the local real estate market. The clerk's office in Farmerville handles all deed and mortgage recordings for this mix of timber, farm, residential, and recreational property.

Search Union Parish Deed Records Online

Union Parish has an eSearch portal that provides 24/7 online access to land records, civil records, and criminal records. The land records eSearch lets you search conveyance and mortgage records by grantor or grantee name. Contact the clerk's office at (318) 368-3055 or visit upclerk.com for current subscription rates and login details for the eSearch system.

The free statewide eClerks LA portal at eclerksla.com also covers Union Parish for free name-based index searches. This portal, created under La. R.S. 13:754, covers all 64 Louisiana parishes and shows filing dates, document types, and instrument numbers at no cost. Full document images require a paid subscription. The eClerks Alert free service lets you monitor for new filings under your name in Union Parish or any other Louisiana parish.

Electronic recording and eFiling are available for Union Parish through eClerks LA at eclerksla.com. For in-person research, the Farmerville courthouse maintains the complete archive of Union Parish deed records. For the earliest land records, the Louisiana State Land Office at doa.la.gov holds original patents. Phone: (225) 342-4570.

Union Parish Recording Fees

Recording fees in Union Parish follow the standard 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 in all recording fees. Documents must have a 2-inch top margin on the first page and 1-inch margins on all other sides.

Louisiana Civil Code Article 3338 requires recording to make documents affecting immovable property effective against third parties. An unrecorded deed in Union Parish cannot be enforced against a later buyer who had no actual notice of the prior transaction. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2742, recorded documents become permanent Union Parish archives and are not returned after filing. Request certified copies at the time of recording if you need them. The conveyance and mortgage indexes together form the complete deed record for Union Parish, and both must be searched for a thorough title examination.

Nearby Parishes

Union Parish borders Claiborne, Lincoln, Jackson, Morehouse, and West Carroll parishes.