Louisiana recording fees & transfer taxes
Itemized deed and mortgage estimates.
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How Louisiana charges are calculated
The estimate covers standard conveyance, mortgage and release recording charges for ordinary single-book documents. Excess indexed names and dual-book filings require separate review.
Rates checked Oct 18, 2026. Check the official sources for changes since this date.
Covered transactions and locations
Standard instruments for an ordinary taxable sale in one jurisdiction. No exemptions, gifts, family transfers, assumed liens, refinances, amendments, prior-tax credits, multiple jurisdictions or nonstandard documents. Ordinary single-book documents with no more than ten indexed names only; dual-book filings, excess names and unusual acts require direct entry.
64 reviewed recording locations in this snapshot; availability also depends on the document and recording date.
Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn
Official sources
- https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78106 — checked 2026-10-18
- https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip — checked 2026-10-18