Access St. John Parish Clerk Records

St. John Clerk of Court Office

The St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court is Felicia C. Feist. The clerk homepage states that Feist was sworn in on June 30, 2024 and became the first African-American elected to the office. The page describes the office as the keeper of official records and says the office provides access to records and documents while serving the community with transparency and accountability.

The state structure map for this project is unified. That means St. John the Baptist Parish does not use a split Texas-style district clerk and county clerk model. The same Clerk of Court is the point of contact for district court filings, official records, marriage licenses, civil and criminal filings, land records, birth certificate service, jury duty material, elections items, fees, and forms.

The manifest source for the clerk contact page is shown below.

The contact page matters for clerk record access because it lists both office locations, jury line, online record support, and Clerk Connect support details.

St. John Clerk Record Duties

The St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court keeps court records and official parish records. The clerk site includes civil, criminal, land records, marriage licenses, birth certificates, jury duty, elections, fees, and forms. For civil filings, divorce records, probate successions, criminal filings, and official copies, the clerk is the local records custodian identified in the research file.

• Maintain district court civil, criminal, family, probate, and traffic filings for the 40th Judicial District Court.
• Provide access to official records and documents through counters, mail, phone support, and online portals.
• Issue marriage licenses and provide the local marriage license application process.
• List common court forms, including civil, name-change, transcript, in forma pauperis, cancellation, and expungement forms.
• Support jury duty communication through the clerk site and the listed jury line.

The manifest source for the clerk civil department appears below.

The civil department source supports the clerk's role in civil filings, office access, mailing address, and divorce or small-claims references.

Request St. John Certified Copies

Certified copies from the St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court may be needed for court judgments, divorce decrees, marriage records, land records, successions, or filings that must be used outside the court file. The research file documents several request channels: in person at Edgard or LaPlace, mail to P.O. Box 280, Edgard, LA 70049, phone at either office number, and online search or printing when the record type is enabled through a portal.

1. Identify the record type first: civil case, criminal case, divorce, succession, marriage license, land record, or other official record.
2. Collect the best identifiers available, such as case number, party names, decedent name, spouse names, filing date, or document type.
3. Call the clerk if the fee, certification rule, or copy method is unclear before mailing payment.
4. Use Clerk Connect or eClerks LA for online search and printing only when the specific St. John record type is available.
5. Request clerk certification when the copy must be used for legal proof, filing, benefits, property transfer, or another formal purpose.

Note: Detailed certified-copy fees were not located in accessible official text, so payment amounts should be confirmed with the clerk.

St. John Request Fields

No single public clerk copy-request form field inventory was captured in the research file. The practical request fields below are limited to facts the research says are needed or useful for the record categories the clerk handles. More detail is better for older records, non-digitized files, and probate or family records where names can overlap.

St. John Clerk Fees

The research file confirms several fees and also flags a fee gap for detailed court filing and copy amounts. The clerk's fee page exists, but the detailed civil, criminal, and probate fees appeared in images or linked documents rather than accessible text. The table separates confirmed amounts from items that must be verified before payment.

The manifest source for the clerk fee page is shown below.

The fee page source supports checking current clerk costs before filing, copying, certifying, or mailing payment.

St. John Clerk Forms

The clerk forms page lists a wide range of forms used for St. John the Baptist Parish clerk records and court filing work. The list includes marriage license application, transcript request, certificate of clerk, Louisiana civil case reporting, in forma pauperis affidavit, adult and minor name-change forms, voter and election forms, cancellation forms, and criminal expungement forms.

• Marriage license application for couples applying through the local clerk.
• Transcript request form for court record and hearing transcript needs.
• In forma pauperis affidavit for people seeking to proceed without prepaying costs.
• Adult and minor name-change forms for civil name-change filings.
• Motion for expungement, interim expungement, felony supplement, and related criminal forms.

The manifest form-list image appears below.

The forms source is important because the clerk warns on criminal matters that forms must be completed before filing and staff cannot complete them for users.

St. John Online Clerk Access

Online St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court records may be available through Clerk Connect, a Louisiana multi-parish clerk records subscription portal. The research file says possible features by clerk office may include civil suits, criminal cases, property records, land records, search and retrieval, printing, and e-recording. Clerk Connect support is listed as 1-800-467-4477.

eClerks LA is another portal-style channel described as offering quick location of land records, marriage licenses, and civil information for participating parishes, with subscriptions for search, viewing, and printing. The clerk contact information also lists online records support at support@antaresnet.com. If the online route does not expose the record, use the clerk counter, mail, or phone route instead.

Clerk records also have custody limits. Court and official records route through the clerk, but parish-government administrative records use the parish public-records request process, and sheriff records use the Sheriff's Office written request process. St. John the Baptist Parish users should match the custodian to the record before paying for a search, because the clerk cannot provide every public record held by a different agency. That distinction is documented in the research access-channel sweep.

For criminal expungement filings, the clerk's criminal department page adds a specific local limit: clerk staff cannot help complete the forms, and the forms must be completed before coming to file. The same research notes that sheriff documents, including fingerprints and an arrest report, are needed for that local filing package. That distinction matters because the clerk receives and files the court paperwork, while the Sheriff's Office supplies separate arrest-related documents.

The manifest marriage license source for the clerk appears below.

Marriage licensing shows why the clerk page must cover both case records and official records, since the unified office handles both categories locally.