Recording

The Recording Department is responsible for the recordation of all Notarial Acts. This is the point at which the document becomes a public record. All recorded documents are given an identification number referred to as an ORIGINAL AND BUNDLE number as well as a dated and timed recordation stamp. Another type of document recorded and given an identification number is the UCC FINANCING STATEMENT. This document is given a number that is separate from the Original and Bundle.

Certified copies of documents are available upon request. All fees are due upon recordation.

Mailing Address:
Doug Welborn
East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court
ATTENTION: Recording Department (1st Floor)
P.O. Box 1991
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1991

UCC Fees

  • Effective July 1, 2001, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Revised Article 9 will be adopted in Louisiana.  Acceptable filing forms and filing fees have been amended as follows:

    Standard UCC filing forms:

    Louisiana Approved UCC-1 Financing Statement, Louisiana approved UCC-3 Amendment Form, the National Approved UCC-1 Financing Statement, and the National Approved Amendment Form.

    All Louisiana filing forms approved prior to 7/1/01 will continue to be accepted as standard until 1/1/02;  however, we do encourage the use of the 7/1/01 version of the Louisiana approved forms.  Any other UCC forms will be accepted as non-standard and will be charged an additional $15 non-standard fee.

  • • Financing Statement: $30.00

    • Financing Statement with Assignment: $35.00

    • Financing Statement relative to "as extracted collateral" or fixture filing: $40.00

    • Financing Statement (Transmitting Utility): $205.00

    • Financing Statement (Public Finance Transaction): $105.00

    • Attachments (each): $2.00

    • Additional Debtor Names (each): $10.00

    • Non-standard Form Fee: $15.00

  • • Amendment: $30.00

    • Continuation: $25.00

    • Assignment: $25.00

    • Debtor Correction: $25.00

    • Master Assignment/Amendment (Per Financing Statement - 20 or more): $5.00

    • Termination (Per Debtor name paid at time of original filing): $5.00

    • Additional Debtors Named on Original (each): $5.00

  • • UCC Certificate (per debtor name): $30.00

    • Each additional listing more than ten: $1.00

    • Copies of Documents (per page): $0.50

    • Certification of Copies: $5.00

  • • EFS Farm Product Notice Only (shared area): $30.00

    • (Fee includes prepaid termination fee, indexing of all debtor names and attachments)

    • UCC & EFS Farm Products Notice (entire form): $25.00

    • (Fee includes indexing all debtor names and attachments)

  • • Amendments, Assignment, Continuation, Partial Release: $25.00

    • Fee includes indexing all debtor names and attachments

Note: Filing present for inclusion in the Central Registry database must be presented on the UCC-1F and UCC-3F forms; there is no non-stamped fee relative to these filings.