The Louisiana Revised Statutes establish acceptable document formats and prescribe an additional ten-dollar noncompliance fee per document for any document that fails to comply.

LRS §13:844D(1) states that . . .

every document filed for recordation shall be captioned as to type of act on the first page
shall have on the first page a margin of two inches at the top
one inch at the bottom and sides.
the type size shall not be less than eight point.


Description

Amount

Description

Amount

Specific Documents Mortgages
Cash Sale (1 page)
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names
$25.00
$10.00
$5.00
Local Bank Mortgages
-first page
-each additional page

$25.00
$10.00
Sale with Mortgage
-first page
-each additional page

$50.00
$20.00
Multiple Indebtedness Mortgage
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names
$25.00
$10.00
$5.00
Sale with Assumption
-first page
-each additional page

$50.00
$20.00
FHA Louisiana Mortgage (4 pages)
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names
 $25.00
$10.00
$5.00
Credit Sale
-first page
-second page
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names

$50.00
$20.00
$20.00
$5.00

FmHA #427-1 Louisiana
 -first page
 -each additional page
 -each name after 4


$25.00
$10.00
$5.00
VA Form 26-6316b
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names
$75.00
$16.00
$5.00
FNMA/FHLC #3019 Louisiana
-first page  
-up to 10 pages per page 
-more than 10 pages per page

$25.00
$10.00
$8.00
Appearance Bonds
Affidavit to cancel appearance bond
-each additional page
$35.50
$25.00
$10.00
HUD or VA 26-6316 (4 pages)
-each additional page
-each name after 4
$25.00
$10.00
$5.00
Recorded Maps
-up to 11 in. x 17 in.
-larger than 11 in. x 17 in.

$25.00
$50.00
FANNIE MAE #3019
-first page  
-up to 10 pages  per page 
-more than 10 pages  per page
-each name indexed after four names

$25.00
$10.00
$8.00
$5.00
Right-of-Way (3 pages)
-each additional page
$25.00
$10.00
Affidavit of Lost Note
-first page
-each additional page

$35.50
$8.00
State Mineral Lease $150.00 Mortgage cancellation with original note provided $35.00
Marginal Notation fee $10.00 Cancellation fee is $10 plus fee for accompanying documentation (click for required documentation)  
"Other" Documents not listed above Copy Fees
-first page
-each additional page
-each name indexed after four names
$25.00
$10.00
$5.00
Certified Fee per document
Conformed Fee per document
Copies made by Clerk Copy Room per page
$5.00
$3.00
$1.00
Some of the more common documents in the "other" category are: Mortgage Certificates
City Court Judgments
Null & Void Affidavits
Oil/Gas Lease
Partial Release (1 page)
Power of Attorney
Re-inscription of Mortgage
Redemption (1 page)
Release Tax Lien
Tax Lien
Trade Name Affidavit
Mortgage Certificates
-1 name, 1 definable property
-each additional definable property
-each additional name
-each exception after the tenth

General Mortgage Certificate
-each additional name
-each exception after the tenth


$20.00
$20.00
$10.00
$1.00

$32.00
$10.00
$1.00

Recording Fees Last Updated as of March 22, 2007

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