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St. Tammany Parish Justice Center

The St. Tammany Parish Justice Center (Courthouse) is located in Covington, Louisiana, at 701 N. Columbia Street.  The mailing address is P.O. Box 1090, Covington, LA  70434 .

Clerk of Court's Office - (985) 809-8700

Map to Courthouse

For driving directions, click here .


Archives
(985) 809-8745

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B) - Archives Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Genealogy and local history records

Birth Certificates
(985) 809-8745

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B) - Archives Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Copies of birth certificates or birth cards

Civil Department
Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator C)
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Civil Filing & Costs, (985) 809-8776
  • Civil Minute Clerks (see Judges)   
  • Customer Service (employees provide copies of or information concerning Civil Suits) (985) 809-8733
  • Jury Selection (985) 809-8736 

Criminal Department
Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator C)
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Non-Support (985) 809-8737
  • Juvenile  (985) 809-8739
  • Criminal Records (985) 809-8732 
  • Misdemeanor Minute Clerks (985) 809-8781
  • Felony Minute Clerks (see Judges)

Land Records
(985) 809-8710

Justice Center - Ground Level
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

Office of Malise Prieto, Clerk of Court, is located in this department.
Phone: (985) 809-8700

Location of all Public records concerning Real Estate (records date from 1810) including Certificates, Cancellations and Ownership Maps

  • Copy Room (employees provide copies of deeds and mortgages, assistance in finding property ownership,
    descriptions and status of mortgages and liens, and provide mortgage certificates) (985) 809-8710
     
  • Cancellations of Mortgages and Liens  (985) 809-8716
  • Property Assessment rolls dating from 1880 - 2000   
  • Mortgage Certificates ( 985) 809-8715

Marriage Licenses
(985) 809-8745

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B) - Archives Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Issue Marriage Licenses

Ownership Maps/Cartography Department
(985) 809-8717

Justice Center - Ground Level, Land Records Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA


Passports
(985) 809-8745

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B) - Archives Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Process Passports

Recording Department
(985) 809-8740

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B)
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Filing of Land Documents and Associated Costs

Uniform Commercial Code Filings/Chattel Mortgages:
(985) 809-8745

Justice Center - Basement Level (Elevator B) - Recording Department
701 N. Columbia, Covington, LA

  • Mortgages or Security Interests on movable property

Slidell Annex Temporary Office
Limited Hours and Services

(985) 643-6969
Office hours:  8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.


The Slidell office on Old Spanish Trail was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.  We are temporarily housed in a commercial trailer and we regret that we can only offer limited hours, staffing and services at this facility.  We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to be back in the Towers Building in Fall, 2009.

Map to Slidell Annex
61134 Hwy 1090 (Military Road)
Slidell LA 70461


The Clerk of Court Slidell Annex offers the following services:

Property Transaction Recording
Uniform Commercial Code Filings
Civil Suit Filing


Original documents will be received in Slidell and delivered to Covington. All processing of documents must be done in the Covington office. Copies of documents given back in Slidell will have a date and time stamp only!



  In order to serve you better, please call for cost estimate prior to filing:  (985) 809-8740 (for fees relative to filing land transactions/UCC filing) and (985) 809-8776 (for costs associated with Civil Suits).

We look forward to serving you in the future!

Map to Slidell Annex 
For driving directions, click here .