Hon. Dale N. Atkins
Civil District Court Clerk
Mortgage Division
1340 Poydras Street, 4th Floor
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone:  (504) 407-0005
UCC Department:  (504) 407-0073
FAX:  (504) 592-9192
daleatk@orleanscdc.com

Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Chief Deputy Clerk chiefdeputyclk@orleanscdc.com

JURISDICTION

The Office of the Recorder of Mortgages is a public depository of documents that provides service to the public and legal profession.  The office records all legal instruments in Orleans Parish (County) that affect the transfer of real estate (immovable) and/or private or commercial (movable) property.

Recordation of original acts in Orleans Parish date to 1788.  Most of the 18th & 19th century records are written in French and Spanish.  All documents recorded before September 1987 are listed in card indices and those recorded after that date are cataloged on computer.

The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Department records financing statements as a notice of security interest on movable property in Louisiana.  The Orleans Parish UCC office accepts filings for every parish in Louisiana and from all states. UCC documents are computerized from January 1, 1990 to the present.  Chattel Indices are available from 1985 - December 31, 1989.

The public may freely research the records using the office's public computers and indices during normal business hours.  Fees are assessed for filings, certificates, services, and copies.

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