About the Iberville Parish Clerk of Court
Amy Matirne Patin, who signs the clerk's website as Amy M. Patin, is the Clerk of Court for Iberville Parish. The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association (LCCA) shows her in office since July 2016. She is elected to a four-year term, and by constitutional design she is also an ex officio notary public and the parish recorder of conveyances and mortgages. State election law names her the chief election officer for Iberville as well.
The clerk's own description of the office is a good summary of its reach. Its "function of the clerk's office" page calls it the official repository for civil suits, property transfers, mortgages and liens, criminal and juvenile proceedings, marriages and divorces, and adoptions. Beyond those records, the office issues birth certificates on a walk-in basis, accepts passport applications, publishes notary public information, and manages jury service and elections.
Iberville Parish was formed in 1807, according to Wikipedia, and carries the name of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, the French explorer and brother of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Plaquemine is the seat. The parish covers about 618.7 square miles of land, and its population stood at 30,243 in the 2020 Census base and an estimated 29,766 in July 2024. One piece of courthouse history survives in town: Wikipedia says the old Iberville Parish Courthouse later served as Plaquemine City Hall and now houses the Iberville Museum.
Phone numbers and addresses for the clerks of all 64 parishes are in the Louisiana Clerks of Court directory.
Court records in Iberville Parish
Iberville cases in the 18th Judicial District Court are filed with this clerk, and the office posts specific date ranges for what can be seen online. Its Online Imaging system, hosted by Cott Systems, lets subscribers view and print from remote locations. According to the clerk's imaging page (viewed October 2026), civil indexes start in 1990 with images from 2008, and criminal indexes start in 2000 with images from 2014. The page says "a daily, monthly or yearly fee as well as a per page cost is charged," but it does not post the amounts.
There is a second door for civil work. The clerk's home page tells users that "for all civil searches" they should subscribe to Clerk Connect, and civil and criminal e-filing also runs through Clerk Connect. The site notes that Act 352 of the 2025 Regular Session took effect January 1, 2026 for civil and criminal pleadings.
Posted counter fees are concrete. The Civil Department's schedule (October 2026) lists a new suit with one service at $500.00, a new probate at $450.00, a certified copy at $5 each, a civil search at $10.00, and a criminal search at $20.00. The Criminal Records Department handles district court criminal proceedings, criminal searches, and expungement filings. Its expungement page lists fees per arrest date of $200.00 to the clerk, $250.00 to the Louisiana State Police, $50.00 to the district attorney, and $50.00 to the sheriff, payable only by money order or cashier's check. State law caps the total cost of an expungement order at $550 except in listed situations, and an expunged record is removed from public view, not destroyed.
The state's own criminal history repository is closed to the public, according to the Louisiana State Police, which also says a missing final disposition can be obtained from the clerk of court, district attorney, or city prosecutor in the parish of conviction. The guides to court records in Louisiana and criminal records explain both systems.
Land, mortgage, and property records
The Recording Department takes conveyances and mortgages, including sales, maps, cancellations, liens, and UCC filings. Its page announces "We now offer eRecording!" and links four vendors: Simplifile, CSC, EPN, and Indecomm.
Online, the same Cott imaging subscription covers land records too. Conveyance indexes and images run from 1949 to the present, and mortgage indexes and images from 1990, according to the clerk's imaging page. The clerk's header also links eClerks LA, describing it as "the free statewide index search," which is useful for checking several parishes at once before paying for images in any one of them.
Seven parishes border Iberville, and that matters for title work because Louisiana records each instrument in the parish where the land lies. A tract near the West Baton Rouge or Ascension line may also call for a search with the West Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court in Port Allen or the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court in Donaldsonville. Along the St. Martin and Pointe Coupee lines, land can touch the books of the St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court or the Pointe Coupee Parish Clerk of Court. The statewide property records guide covers recording, mortgage certificates, and searches.
Marriage licenses and family records
The Iberville clerk issues marriage licenses for $35.00, cash only, according to its marriage license page (October 2026). The clerk estimates the application takes 15 to 20 minutes. At least one party has to apply in person and bring documents for both.
Each party needs a certified birth certificate, or a waiver from the district judge, which the clerk says costs nothing. Applicants also bring identification and Social Security numbers, plus the divorce judgment if previously married. The page adds that two witnesses of full age must sign and that no blood test is required. Under state law the license expires 30 days after issuance, and the ceremony must wait 24 hours unless a judge or justice of the peace waives the delay. Louisiana does not issue marriage licenses to anyone under 16, and Vital Records keeps marriage records only for Orleans Parish, so certified copies of Iberville marriages come from this clerk.
Divorces, custody disputes, and support cases filed in Iberville become part of the 18th JDC record, and the clerk's function page lists marriages, divorces, and adoptions among its holdings. Juvenile proceedings are also kept here, but Louisiana law makes juvenile court records confidential apart from traffic matters. For the statewide rules, read marriage records and divorce records.
Courts that serve Iberville Parish
Iberville belongs to the 18th Judicial District Court with West Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee parishes. The clerk's Judges page says the three parishes share four judges, and that Divisions C and D sit at the Iberville Courthouse at 58050 Meriam Street. The clerk also links a separate page for Division D.
Plaquemine City Court is the parish's city court. According to the City of Plaquemine, it hears small claims up to $2,500, civil suits up to $25,000, and all misdemeanor criminal cases within the city limits, and it runs an on-site drug testing lab. The court is at 23640 Railroad Avenue (225-687-7236), and the city lists a separate mailing address, P.O. Box 1017.
Appeals from Iberville Parish go to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit in Baton Rouge.
Visiting the Iberville Parish courthouse
The clerk's office is on the first floor of the Iberville Parish Courthouse at 58050 Meriam Street in Plaquemine. The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association gives the same street address for the sheriff, and two divisions of the district court sit in the building. The clerk's site lists weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and points to the LCCA holiday schedule for closing days.
Birth certificates are walk-in only, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the first floor. Departments have their own fax lines, according to the clerk's contact page: Recording at 225-687-3463 and Criminal at 225-687-5263. Jurors with questions can reach the Jury Commission Office at 1-800-273-2666. The clerk's contact page and footer give different ZIP codes for the post office box (70765 and 70764), so confirm the mailing address by phone before sending a payment.
Other Iberville Parish offices
Brett M. Stassi heads the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office; the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association gives its business number as 225-687-5100. His office is online at ibervillesheriff.com. The sheriff runs the parish jail and collects property taxes. For locating someone in custody, see the inmate search guide, and for the office's broader duties see Louisiana sheriff's offices.
Randy Sexton is the Iberville Parish Assessor. His website provides a property search and maps, and his office phone is (225) 687-3568. The assessors guide explains how property is valued and how to seek review.
Iberville Parish Government, headed by Parish President Chris Daigle with a parish council, is at ibervilleparish.com.