Terrebonne Parish Clerk Contact
The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association directory identifies Jodie P. Burton as the Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court and Joanna McMichael Wilson as Chief Deputy. The same directory lists the Clerk's physical address at 7856 Main Street in Houma, mailing address at P.O. Box 1569, phone (985) 868-5660, and email terrebonneclerk@gmail.com. The Louisiana Department of Health directory also lists the Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court at the same physical and mailing addresses.
The Clerk is unified for Terrebonne Parish district-court records. Louisiana does not split local district-court file custody between a separate county clerk and district clerk here. Civil, criminal, family, divorce, probate, marriage, mortgage, conveyance, and related record services point back to the Clerk unless the record belongs to City Court, the sheriff, OMV, DOC, or a federal court.
Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court
Clerk: Jodie P. Burton
7856 Main Street
Houma, LA 70360
Mail: P.O. Box 1569, Houma, LA 70361
(985) 868-5660
terrebonneclerk@gmail.com
Call to confirm counter hours before visiting.
Terrebonne Parish Clerk eSearch
The local online channel is the Terrebonne Parish Clerk Public Records Search. It is an account and subscription portal, so users should not expect a no-login public case search for every record. The portal states that subscriptions and copies purchased through the site are not refunded. That warning should be read before paying for access, especially when a searcher only needs one certified document.
The eSearch page also posts specific technical requirements. It references the HTML5 image viewer, says pop-up blockers should be disabled, requires cookies and JavaScript, tells users to disable the browser PDF viewer in favor of Adobe Reader for printing, and recommends a larger screen resolution. If the viewer fails, the issue may be the browser setup rather than the court record itself.
| Portal Item | What Terrebonne Users Should Know |
|---|---|
| Sign-in | Account access is required before many indexed records or images can be searched or viewed. |
| Subscription | The portal posts a no-refund notice for subscriptions and copies. |
| Image viewer | HTML5 browser support, pop-ups, cookies, JavaScript, and Adobe Reader settings matter. |
| Certified dates | The certified-dates page confirms indexed date ranges for some record categories. |
eClerks LA explains the statewide portal for locating land records, marriage licenses, civil, family, and probate court records.
The statewide portal can help locate a participating parish record, but full documents and certified copies still route back to the parish custodian.
What Terrebonne Parish Clerk Maintains
The Clerk maintains court filings and official records connected to the 32nd Judicial District Court. That includes docket entries, pleadings, judgments, minute entries, certified copies, and record images where available. The Clerk also participates in statewide tools for land, marriage, civil, family, and probate record location. A court-record request should include the case number or docket number when possible because the Clerk's mortgage-fee chart specifically tells users to have the docket number ready for judgment-cancellation questions.
- District-court civil petitions, answers, motions, orders, judgments, and post-judgment filings.
- Criminal case files after prosecution begins, including filed charges, minutes, pleas, dispositions, and sentencing records.
- Marriage records and related local record services.
- Probate and succession filings, including wills, petitions, inventories, and judgments of possession.
- Mortgage, conveyance, land, and judgment records within the Clerk's official record system.
Request Terrebonne Parish Certified Copies
Certified copies are needed when a court or agency requires an official Clerk-authenticated record. Examples include divorce decrees, judgments, probate orders, marriage records, and court orders used for legal, title, benefits, immigration, or name-change purposes. A printout from an online search is not the same as a certified copy unless the Clerk certifies it.
- Identify the court or record category first, such as district-court civil, criminal, divorce, succession, or marriage.
- Gather the case number, docket number, party names, filing year, document name, and any date range available.
- Call (985) 868-5660 or visit the Clerk at 7856 Main Street to confirm availability, copy method, and current fee.
- Use mail at P.O. Box 1569 when the Clerk confirms that a mailed request is accepted for the record type.
- Ask for certification at the time of request if the document must carry the Clerk's seal.
Note: A Terrebonne-specific certified-copy fee schedule was not located in the official sources inspected, so current costs should be confirmed with the Clerk before ordering.
Terrebonne Parish Request Fields
No current Terrebonne-specific copy request PDF was located in official sources during research. A practical request still needs enough detail for the Clerk to identify the record without guessing. For older files, sealed matters, unclear dates, or docket-number gaps, a phone call or in-person visit may be more efficient than relying only on the eSearch portal.
| Field | Why It Helps | Required Status |
|---|---|---|
| Case or docket number | Connects the request to the exact court file or judgment. | Use when known. |
| Party names | Helps search civil, family, criminal, marriage, and succession records. | Usually needed. |
| Record type | Separates court records, marriage records, land records, probate, and judgment records. | Needed. |
| Document requested | Examples include judgment, decree, bill of information, petition, will, or certified marriage record. | Needed for copies. |
| Certification request | Tells the Clerk whether the copy must be official. | Needed when certification is required. |
Louisiana Clerk Portal Options
Terrebonne Parish users may also use statewide or multi-parish clerk tools. The Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority portal provides secure access to land and marriage records for participating parishes and uses account access.
LCRAA is useful when the search involves land or marriage records across Louisiana, but it does not replace the local Clerk for certified Terrebonne Parish court copies.
eVault Louisiana is another eClerks access point for locating records across participating parishes.
When the record location is uncertain, statewide tools can help identify the parish before a certified-copy request is sent.
Terrebonne Parish Clerk Fees
Current Clerk fee details should come from the Clerk because the research did not locate a complete Terrebonne-specific schedule for plain copies, certified copies, criminal copies, civil filing fees, probate filing fees, or search fees. The one clear local fee instruction came from the Clerk mortgage-department chart for judgment cancellations: call the Clerk's bookkeeping department at (985) 868-5660 with the docket number ready when the judgment came from the 32nd JDC.
| Item | Verified Terrebonne Source Detail |
|---|---|
| eSearch subscription or copy purchase | The portal states no refunds will be issued. |
| 32nd JDC judgment cancellation | Call Clerk bookkeeping with docket number for current cost. |
| City Court judgment cancellation | Bring the cancellation instrument to City Court at 8046 Main Street for a quote. |
| Certified copies | Exact Terrebonne fee not located in official sources inspected. |
Clerk Records vs City Court
Not every Main Street court record belongs to the Clerk's district-court file system. The 32nd Judicial District Court and Clerk operate at the courthouse complex at 7856 Main Street, while City Court of Houma is separate at 8046 Main Street. The Clerk fee chart makes this venue split concrete by directing 32nd JDC judgment cancellations to the Clerk and City Court judgment cancellations to City Court. Traffic tickets, city misdemeanors, and limited city civil matters should be checked by venue before a Clerk search is treated as complete.