Grant Parish Clerk of Court
The official clerk website identifies the office as the Grant Parish Clerk of Court and names Randall Briggs as Clerk of Court. In Louisiana, the parish clerk is a unified court and records office. Grant Parish does not have a separate district clerk and county clerk split. The Clerk of Court receives pleadings, keeps district-court files, supports civil and criminal inquiry links, handles marriage license records, and publishes local documents and fee categories.
The official 35th Judicial District Court page makes the division of duties clear: the Judge's Office is not the place to file legal pleadings. Court filings and records go through the Clerk of Court. That distinction matters when a person needs a certified divorce judgment, succession filing, criminal court minute, civil suit copy, or marriage license record.
The Clerk's published site navigation also shows the range of local work: Departments, Holidays, Fees, Notarial Info, Jury Duty, Links, and Contact Us. The fee API covers civil, succession, recording, mortgage certificate, birth and death certificate, other recording, and expungement categories. That mix shows why a Grant Parish Clerk request should name the exact record type. A marriage license, a civil suit, and an expungement packet do not use the same proof, payment, or copy path.
Grant Parish Clerk of Court
Clerk: Randall Briggs
Grant Parish Courthouse
200 Main St
Colfax, LA 71417
318-627-3246
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except legal holidays
Court filings, court records, marriage licenses, successions, and certified copies
Grant Parish Clerk Duties
The Grant Parish Clerk of Court handles several record groups that readers often confuse with one another. Civil suits, divorce filings, succession matters, criminal case files, and court minutes are clerk-maintained court records. Booking, arrest reports, crash reports, traffic-ticket payment, and detention records use the Sheriff's Office instead. Property recording and eRecording also appear in the clerk's official link set, but the research warned that one property or marriage link in the API appeared misconfigured to another parish and should not be treated as a Grant Parish marriage search without confirmation.
- Maintains district-court civil and criminal case files for Grant Parish.
- Receives pleadings that cannot be filed with the Judge's Office.
- Issues and records Grant Parish marriage licenses.
- Processes succession filings and certified probate-style copies.
- Publishes local forms, fee categories, and official portal links.
- Supports recording, mortgage certificate, and eRecording fee categories.
The official Grant Parish eRecording portal is the successful manifest image source for the screenshot below.
The eRecording portal is a clerk-linked record channel, but court cases, marriage licenses, and certified court copies still require the correct Clerk of Court workflow.
That separation is especially important for criminal records. The Clerk's criminal inquiry can show the court case once filed, but the Sheriff's Office controls booking information, arrest reports, crash reports, detention details, and mail-only law-enforcement public-record requests. A record seeker should not ask the Clerk for a crash report or ask the Sheriff for a certified divorce judgment.
Grant Parish Clerk Search
The clerk's quick links point users to ClerkConnect civil inquiry and ClerkConnect criminal inquiry for Grant Parish. The ClerkConnect shell describes subscription-based search and printing capability across participating Louisiana clerks. It may include civil suits, criminal cases, property records, land records, eRecording, and e-filing depending on the office. For Grant Parish, the researched official links confirm civil and criminal inquiry, while deeper viewing and printing can depend on account status, subscription, JavaScript, and portal access.
| Portal | Grant Parish Use | Access Note |
|---|---|---|
| ClerkConnect Civil Inquiry | Civil suits, divorce, succession-style civil filings, and related court records | Static research did not expose every active form field. |
| ClerkConnect Criminal Inquiry | Criminal case files after a court case opens | Separate from sheriff arrest and booking records. |
| eClerksLA | Statewide clerk portal path linked by the clerk | Availability depends on portal and parish participation. |
| LCRAA | Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority portal | Remote access may require account terms. |
Request Grant Parish Certified Copies
A certified copy is an official copy authenticated by the clerk, often with seal or certification language. It is used when a web printout or plain copy is not enough. Divorce judgments, succession judgments, court minutes, mortgage certificates, and other filings may need certification for banks, title work, benefits, appeals, or later filings.
- Identify the record type, such as civil case, criminal case, marriage license, succession, recorded judgment, or mortgage certificate.
- Find the case number, book and page, filing year, party names, or decedent name if known.
- Ask the Clerk of Court whether the file is online, counter-only, archived, sealed, or requires special handling.
- Confirm page, copy, certification, conformed-copy, and mailing costs before sending payment.
- Request the certified copy from the Clerk, not from the Judge's Office or Sheriff's Office.
Grant Parish Request Details
The research did not find a general court-record request form with fixed fields for the Clerk. A useful request still needs enough detail for staff to locate the file. The table below is based on the documented clerk record types and the field needs shown in the marriage, expungement, civil, criminal, and succession materials.
| Detail | Needed? | Why It Helps |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or license number | If known | Fastest way to match a court file or marriage record. |
| Party names | Yes | Civil, criminal, divorce, marriage, and succession records are name-sensitive. |
| Record type | Yes | Directs staff to civil, criminal, marriage, succession, recording, or mortgage records. |
| Approximate filing date | Helpful | Separates people with similar names and older files. |
| Document requested | Yes | Examples include judgment, minutes, license, petition, will, or certified copy. |
| Certification request | If needed | Certification adds authentication and may change the fee. |
| Requester contact and mailing details | Yes for mail | Needed for payment questions and delivery. |
Grant Parish Clerk Fees
The clerk fee API lists multiple fee categories, including civil fees, succession fees, recording fees, mortgage certificates, expungement fees, and birth and death certificates. The expungement materials also show a conflict: the fee API lists one Clerk of Court expungement amount, while the local expungement PDF lists a different clerk money order amount. Confirm exact expungement payment with the Clerk before filing.
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| New civil suit with one service | $350.00 | Additional service listed at $75.00. |
| Supplemental or amending petition with one service | $250.00 | Additional service listed at $75.00. |
| Restraining order and rule | $75.00 | Listed under civil fees. |
| Large succession | $350.00 | Succession fee category. |
| Small succession under $75,000 | $250.00 | Succession fee category. |
| Criminal copies | $1.00 per page | Listed under expungement fee details. |
| Court minutes | $10.00 per date | Listed under expungement fee details. |
| Certification | $5.00 additional | Added to copy costs where applicable. |
| Marriage license | $25.00 | Card payment includes a 4% fee under marriage instructions. |
| Birth certificate | $34.00 | Clerk fee API. |
| Death certificate | $26.00 | Clerk fee API. |
Grant Parish Clerk Forms
The clerk document list includes marriage, vital-record, and expungement materials. Those forms are not interchangeable. The marriage application gathers private party data for a license. The expungement packet tells applicants to verify bond cancellation, gather Louisiana State Bureau of Criminal Identification information, use the correct expungement motion form, and allow six months for completion. The birth and death packet relates to vital certificate ordering through the clerk's published document set.
- Marriage License Application for Party A and Party B license data.
- Marriage License Instructions for documents, signatures, waivers, and fees.
- Grant Parish Expungement Instructions for local filing steps and money orders.
- Birth and death ordering packet listed in the clerk documents API.
Grant Parish Online Access
Online access works best for a first search, not for every official need. ClerkConnect can help identify civil and criminal cases, eClerksLA and LCRAA provide statewide clerk access routes, and eRecording supports recording workflows. Certified copies, non-digitized files, sealed-status questions, and payment-sensitive filings still require the Clerk of Court. For sheriff reports, booking details, crash reports, and jail records, use the Sheriff's public-record process instead of the clerk path.
For in-person visits, the courthouse access rules from the District Court site still matter. Visitors to the Grant Parish Courthouse enter through the front entrance and pass screening, and the court office closes for lunch from noon to 1:00 p.m. The Clerk's current counter hours should be confirmed before travel, especially during legal holidays, weather closures, or emergency closure orders.
For mailed requests, include enough detail to avoid delay and do not assume that sheriff public-record mail rules apply to clerk records. Court files, marriage licenses, successions, and certified judgments route to the Clerk, while sheriff records use the Sheriff's Custodian of Records. Portal access can start the search, but the Clerk remains the source for authenticated copies.