Hon. Dale N. Atkins Civil District Court Clerk 421 Loyola Avenue, Room 402 New Orleans, LA  70112 Phone:  (504) 592-9100 FAX:  (504) 592-9128 daleatk@orleanscdc.com Thank you for visiting the web page of Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. We have recently updated our site in order to provide the public with important information regarding filing procedures and costs. For your convenience, we have also added many of the forms commonly used at the Clerk's office and the phone numbers of our staff. We are looking forward to working with you in the future! Sincerely, Dale N. Atkins Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Chief Deputy Clerk  chiefdeputyclk@orleanscdc.com Belinda Lassalle, Executive Assistant eaclerk@orleanscdc.com   OFFICE HOURS   Monday through Friday    8:30 AM to 5:00 PM QUICK LINKS    After Hours Filing Available Forms Departments Employment Opportunities Fax Filing Filing Fees General Info & Jurisdiction Legal Interest Rates Phone Directory Rules of Court Back to CDC Home Page GENERAL INFORMATION & JURISDICTION Civil District Court is a court of general civil jurisdiction. In every Parish except Orleans there is one District Court with Civil and Criminal jurisdiction. In Orleans Parish, the Civil and Criminal District Courts are legally distinct and located in separate buildings. The Clerk of Civil District Court is located on the 4th floor of 421 Loyola Avenue. All suits, pleadings, exhibits, wills, promissory notes, etc. pertaining to actions initiated or pending in the Civil District Court are filed with the Clerk of Civil District Court. In Orleans Parish, the Mortgage Office, Conveyance Office, and Notarial Archives are not part of the Clerk's Office. Back to Top FILING FEES The Clerk of Civil District Court charges non-refundable filing fees. The current fee schedule is provided below. Filing fees are established by the Court sitting En Banc. Parties seeking to litigate without payment of these fees may do so by applying to proceed "In Forma Pauperis". The pauper form must be filled out. Click here to view our Fee Schedule Back to Top AFTER HOURS FILING The Clerk's Office has an employee on call at all times -- after 5:00 PM and on holidays. After hours filings and filings on holidays must be limited to cases which urgently need to be filed, i.e., Injunctions, Sequestrations, suits which will prescribe, etc. Please call (504) 592-9100. You will be connected with the answering service who will contact the employee on call. Back to Top   FAX FILING The Clerk's Office accepts filings through facsimile. In accordance with LSA-R.S. 13:850 the following must be received within five (5) days , exclusive of legal holidays, for the facsimile filing to have full force and effect: (1) The original signed document. (2) All applicable filing fees must be enclosed with the original. (3) An additional $5.00 facsimile transmission fee must be enclosed for each document transmitted plus an additional $2.50 per page for transmissions in excess of two (2) pages. Back to Top AVAILABLE FORMS The Clerk's Office provides commonly used forms to the public.  (These forms are now available for downloading from this website. Click here for the download site.)  The forms are grouped as follows: (1) Docket 1 -- Successions (2) Docket 4 -- Writs and Seizures (3) Docket 5 --Domestic (4) Appeals (5) New Suits (6) Trial Dockets (7) Default Judgments     Back to Top    Return to CDC Home Page                                             Questions or comments about our website?  Write us:  tturner@orleanscdc.com This page was last updated on March 23, 2008. Copyright © 1997-2008 Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans http://www.orleanscdc.com Website created by Tynia M. Turner, MBA/TM