Saint Martin Parish Recorder

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

1 to 5 pages $110 *
6 to 25 pages $210 *
26 to 50 pages $310 * 51 or more pages $310 for the first 50 pages +$5 per additional page

**Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for documents to be returned by mail to avoid additional postage fees.

Recording fee includes up to 10 names indexed and certification of your enclosed copy.

Index Fee after the 10th name-$5 per name

Paper size larger than 8.5" x 14" $20 per page
Debtor Fee (No SS# or Tax ID) $25 per debtor

Cancellation/Partial Release (single cancellation)$60 *
Cancellation/Partial Release (multiple cancellations)Based on per page fee above

Maps/Plats oversize: 1 page + oversize charge $130 *
This includes up to 10 names indexed. $5 per name after the 10th name
*Includes a $5.00 per recorded document fee for Louisiana Clerk of Court Remote Access and a $5.00 per recorded document for Parish Government fee assessed in Iberia and St. Martin Parishes only.

Affidavit of Identity
Judgment or lien prior to 07/01/12 $23 + ($6 for each additional page + $3 for each additional name)
Judgment or lien after 07/01/12 No Charge

Mortgage Certificate/Lien Certificate (10 year search)
1 name and 1 tract or project $20
Each additional name $10
Each additional tract $20
Each exception after the 10th $1
Each year after the 10th $1

Copies $1 per page
Conformed Copy $5 + copy fee
Certified Copy $10 + copy fee

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 submitted on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper or 8.5 x 14 inch white paper. The font should be black and no smaller than 8 point.

* Original copies only are accepted. These are not returned to the submitter.

* In order to avoid the non-compliance fee, use a margin of two inches at the top of the first page and one inch at the bottom and sides, and identify the document by title right below the top margin (La.R.S.13:844(D)).

* Any party to an act conveying real property located in Louisiana outside the city limits of New Orleans 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 document in a form prescribed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission or a form that contains at least the minimum required by that commission.

* Documents must include a legal property description and must state the total consideration paid for the property.

The transfer of real 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.