Rapides Parish Clerk of Court Office
The Rapides Parish Clerk of Court is a unified Louisiana clerk office. The research states that the office is established by the Louisiana Constitution and that the clerk serves as Recorder of Mortgages, Clerk of the District Court, and Election Officer for Rapides Parish. The clerk is elected for a four-year term. The current clerk named on the official site is Karan A. Corley.
The office is in the Rapides Parish Courthouse on the first floor. The general information page lists 701 Murray Street, Suite 102, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301, phone 318-473-8153, and weekday hours from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM except legal holidays. The clerk's general information also notes the courthouse parking garage entrance on Foisy Street and additional parking at 6th and Murray. Parking rates were not located in official sources.
Rapides Parish Clerk of Court
Clerk: Karan A. Corley
701 Murray Street, Suite 102
Alexandria, LA 71301
318-473-8153
Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
The Clerk general information page appears in the source image below.
That official page is the source for the Clerk of Court address, hours, phone number, and parking notes used throughout this profile.
Rapides Parish Clerk Record Duties
The Clerk of Court handles several distinct record systems. For the 9th Judicial District Court, the clerk receives and maintains civil filings, criminal filings, court minutes, service instruments, bills of indictment, bills of information, successions, adoptions, judicial commitments, felony matters, misdemeanor matters, juvenile matters, and traffic matters. The Civil Department opens and maintains civil suits, schedules and files pleadings, handles accounting and indexing, and works with appeals through the Appeal Department.
- Clerk of the 9th Judicial District Court for civil, criminal, juvenile, traffic, family, and succession filings.
- Recorder of mortgages, conveyances, UCC-related references, judgments recognizing heirs, real property transfers, mineral records, rights of way, and plats.
- Marriage-license issuer for Louisiana licenses handled through the parish clerk.
- Election officer and parish custodian of voting machines.
- Jury Commission participant for civil and criminal jury selection.
The Clerk judges and court staff listing is included as a successful manifest image.
The listing connects the clerk's office to the seven-division district court structure where many Rapides Parish court records originate.
How to Request a Certified Copy
Certified copies are official copies used when a plain printout is not enough. They may be needed for court filings, title work, banking, benefits, marriage or divorce proof, succession business, or agency requests. The clerk's RAPID E-Search page allows purchase of redacted online copies after a search, but it also states that certified copies must be requested in person or by mail through the request form. The physical courthouse records control if online documents differ from courthouse records.
- Identify the record type first: civil case, criminal case, marriage license, succession, conveyance, mortgage, or another clerk record.
- Gather names, case number or instrument number if known, approximate filing date, and the exact document needed.
- Use the clerk counter or the general public request form route for mail or certified-copy requests.
- Confirm the current fee with the clerk before mailing payment, because copy and certification amounts were not located in captured official text.
- Pick up the certified copy or wait for the clerk to process and return it by the requested delivery method.
The Clerk jury-service page appears below because jury duties are one of the constitutional office functions noted in the research.
Jury service is not a copy request, but it shows why the Clerk of Court profile is broader than document retrieval alone.
Records Request Form Fields
The research confirms the official general public request PDF but states that its form field text was not extractable with the available local tools. The safest records request inventory therefore lists the fields that are necessary to route a request while noting which entries should be confirmed against the current PDF or the clerk's counter instructions.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case, instrument, or book/page number | If known | Speeds the search, especially for court files and recorded instruments. |
| Party names or decedent names | Yes for most requests | Use full names and spelling variants when the number is not known. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include judgment, petition, marriage record, succession document, mortgage, conveyance, or minutes. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether plain, redacted, or certified copies are needed. |
| Requester contact and delivery details | Confirm with form | The official PDF controls the exact contact fields. |
Note: The clerk's courthouse record remains the official record even when RAPID E-Search displays an online version.
Rapides Parish Clerk Fees
The research documents fee-related channels but does not provide every dollar amount needed for a complete Clerk of Court fee schedule. RAPID E-Search subscription pricing appears after account setup in an invoice/cart process. Recording fees are published on the clerk's recording-fee page, but individual amounts were not extracted from official text during the research pass. Certified-copy, plain-copy, and civil filing amounts likewise need direct confirmation from the office or current fee sheet.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAPID E-Search subscription | Not visible on public page; invoice appears after account setup |
| Redacted online copies | Purchased through RAPID E-Search; amount not extracted from captured public text |
| Certified copy | Not located in captured official source text |
| Plain copy or search fee | Not located in captured official source text |
| Civil filing or advance deposit | Not located in captured official source text |
Rapides Parish Clerk Forms
The most important documented request route is the general public request form for copies. Other services route through specific clerk departments or pages: marriage licenses through the marriage page, online inquiry through RAPID E-Search, civil filings through the Civil Department, criminal filings through the Criminal Department, and recording questions through the Recorder page.
- General public request PDF - copy and records request route documented by the clerk.
- RAPID E-Search access page - subscription setup, online inquiry, and redacted copy purchasing.
- Civil Department - civil suits, successions, adoptions, appeals, filing, accounting, and indexing.
- Criminal Department - felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, traffic, bench warrant, subpoena, and minutes work.
- Recorder - conveyance, mortgage, UCC, and related recorded instruments.
Mail and Online Filings
RAPID E-Search is the clerk's main documented online access system. The public page says it is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week except periodic website maintenance and a daily 3:00 AM backup. It requires a personal account, email confirmation, cookies, JavaScript, a current browser, Adobe Acrobat or Reader, broadband internet, and payment through a credit-card processor. The clerk prohibits automated scraping, data mining, high-volume unattended access, and sharing user IDs or passwords.
Mail requests remain important because certified copies are not issued through the online purchase flow. Use the general public request form and confirm fees before mailing payment. For federal cases, use federal systems rather than the parish clerk. PACER federal case access is shown in one successful source image for this page.
PACER is relevant only for federal cases, so Rapides Parish district court and recorder records still go through the Clerk of Court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit also appears in the manifest.
That image is a reminder that appellate and federal records use different systems than the parish Clerk of Court's district-court and recorder files.