Bossier Parish Recorder

The Recording Department of the Clerk of Court is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Bossier Parish.

Conveyance or Mortgage (includes indexing up to 10 names, 1 certified copy and LCRAA fee*). Fees for documents filed in both the Mortgage and Conveyance records shall be assessed separately
1-5 pages. $105
6-25 pages. $205
26-50 pages. $305 + $5 for each additional page over 50 pages

Notary Affidavit/Legal Posting-Notices $10
Indexing for each additional name after 10-$5
Certified Copies $10

All Documents larger than 8.5" X 14" $20 additional per page
Book Copies per page $2
Regular Copies per page $1
Recordation/Cancellation Certificate $10
Postage Fees Standard Mailing Envelope $1
Each increase in envelope size (letter, legal)$1

NOTE: If the instrument must be recorded in both conveyance and mortgage record, then the recording fee will be twice the amount less $5.00 LCRAA fee)

Non-standard documents: $10.00 in addition to recording fees for documents that are not in compliance with the recording standards (La.R.S. 13:844(D)).

Recording fees are subject to change without notice. For the most current fees and further information, contact the local office directly.

* Documents should be on white paper no larger than 8.5 x 14 inches.

* Black ink, in a font size of at least 10 point, is required.

* On the first page, the top and bottom margins should be 2 inches. Other margins on the first page and throughout the document should be at least 1 inch.

* A document title should appear below the 2-inch top margin.

* The grantee's address should be provided in any document of conveyance.

* A legal description of the real property should be included on the document of conveyance.

* The total amount of consideration paid should be listed.

* Any party to an act conveying real property may obtain a certificate showing whether the state, parish, municipal, and levee district taxes due thereon, except for the year in which the conveyance takes place, have been paid.

* The seller of residential real property shall complete a property disclosure statement in a form prescribed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission, or a form that meets the minimum requirements as set by that commission.

The transfer of property in Louisiana follows the general requirement of an authentic act. An authentic act is a writing executed before a notary public or other officer authorized to perform that function, in the presence of two witnesses, and signed by each party who executed it, by each witness, and by each notary public before whom it was executed.