St. Bernard Parish Marriage License Office
Marriage licenses in St. Bernard Parish are issued by the St. Bernard Parish Clerk of Court. The local office is part of the unified Clerk structure led by Randy S. Nunez, and it sits within the same courthouse record environment used for civil, criminal, probate, land, and related filings. For a couple planning a Louisiana ceremony, the St. Bernard office is the local place to confirm license timing, payment, required documents, and recording after the ceremony.
The Clerk's published marriage-license page gives three concrete local rules. The license fee is $32.00, payment is by cash, check, or money order only, and licenses are issued Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. only. Louisiana law allows a license issued by any parish clerk to be used for a ceremony performed in Louisiana, but St. Bernard Parish users should treat the St. Bernard Clerk as the practical contact when they apply locally or need a locally recorded marriage record.
The assigned FRED source for St. Bernard Parish population data is available through the Federal Reserve St. Bernard Parish population series.
Population context does not replace a Clerk search, but it helps explain why local record users may need both parish-level and statewide access channels.
Apply for St. Bernard Marriage Licenses
The marriage-license process is office-based. The research did not capture a complete St. Bernard-specific document checklist, so applicants should not rely on a generic form list as the final rule. The local facts that were captured are the office, the fee, the payment methods, and the issue window. Louisiana marriage-license statutes also govern who issues licenses, where licenses may be issued, required information, and birth-certificate attachments.
- Contact or visit the Clerk of Court before the ceremony date and confirm the current document checklist for both applicants.
- Go to the Clerk at 1101 W. St. Bernard Highway in Chalmette during the published marriage-license issue window.
- Bring identification and any birth-certificate or prior-marriage documentation required under Louisiana marriage-license law.
- Pay the $32.00 license fee by cash, check, or money order, since the local page lists only those payment methods.
- After the Louisiana ceremony, make sure the license is returned for recording through the Clerk so the marriage record can be searched or copied later.
The Clerk should also be used when the question is about a recorded St. Bernard Parish marriage certificate, a certified copy, or a correction to a recorded license. The parish government's public-records page is not the right route for marriage certificates, and the research specifically notes that parish government excludes that category from its records desk.
St. Bernard Marriage Application Fields
The exact St. Bernard Parish marriage-license application screen or paper form was not captured in the research. This field inventory therefore uses only the documented Louisiana marriage-law categories and the local payment fact. It is a request-preparation inventory, not a substitute for the Clerk's current form.
| Field or Item | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant names | Yes under state law | Louisiana marriage-license statutes require applicant identifying information; exact local field labels were not captured. |
| Social Security or alternative ID | Yes where applicable | Bring the proof the Clerk requires, especially if an applicant does not use a Social Security number. |
| Birth-certificate attachment | Yes or conditional | Louisiana R.S. 9:225 through 9:228 address birth-certificate attachments and waivers. |
| Prior marriage termination | Conditional | Applicants with a prior marriage should verify the needed divorce, death, or annulment proof with the Clerk. |
| Payment | Yes | St. Bernard Parish lists a $32.00 fee, payable by cash, check, or money order only. |
The Louisiana marriage-license statute table is published by the Legislature at Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 9, marriage licenses.
Those statutes help frame the required application facts, while the St. Bernard Clerk remains the source for the local issue window and accepted payment methods.
St. Bernard Marriage and Divorce Fees
This fee schedule separates captured local fees from amounts that were not found in the assigned research. The marriage-license amount is a direct St. Bernard Clerk fact. The divorce filing examples come from the Clerk civil-fee research, which is the available fee source for civil and domestic filings. Copy and certification charges for final divorce judgments or marriage certificates must be confirmed with the Clerk when requesting the copy.
| Item | Amount or Status |
|---|---|
| Marriage license | $32.00 |
| Marriage-license payment methods | Cash, check, or money order only |
| Civil filing example with one service | $200.00, plus $4.00 each additional page |
| Additional service | $100.00 each additional service |
| Civil filing without service | $75.00 |
| Civil image or civil minute in Clerk portal | $1.00 per item where available |
| Certified marriage or divorce copy | Not captured in assigned research; verify current copy and certification cost with the Clerk |
Domestic case costs can change with service needs, pleadings, and whether a party needs certified copies. For divorce, the safer course is to call the Clerk with the case number, party names, filing year, and whether the request is for a plain copy, certified judgment, or certificate-style proof.
Search St. Bernard Marriage Records
St. Bernard Parish marriage records can be approached through the local Clerk and through statewide clerk access systems. The local St. Bernard Parish Clerk Public Records Search requires a User ID, password, and subscription selection before indexed records and images are available. The visible portal facts show subscription choices for land, civil, and criminal records, plus $1.00 image and minute charges where images are available. Marriage access may also involve the statewide LCRAA land and marriage portal, which uses login access and may route a user back to a parish clerk system for documents.
Before searching, gather both spouses' names, an approximate marriage date, and any certificate or license number already known. If the record does not appear online, the fallback is direct Clerk contact by phone, in person, mail, or fax. The Clerk's mailing address is P.O. Box 1746, Chalmette, LA 70044-1746, and the office phone in the research is 504-271-3434. That route is especially important for older records, records outside the visible index range, or certified-copy needs.
Note: Check the Clerk portal's Certified Dates before assuming a missing marriage record was never filed.
Find St. Bernard Divorce Records
Divorce files in St. Bernard Parish are district-court civil and family matters maintained by the Clerk of Court. They are not maintained by parish government. The parish public-records instructions explicitly exclude divorce certificates, and the research points those requests to the Clerk instead. A divorce record may include petitions, answers, orders, judgments, minute entries, and service papers. Family case materials can also contain support, custody, financial, and protective-order facts that may be restricted, redacted, or handled with more care than an ordinary civil filing.
The 34th Judicial District Court orders and forms page links to guided Louisiana resources, including a 103 Divorce without children form. Filing still occurs through the Clerk, and service rules still matter unless service is waived or otherwise ordered. After a divorce judgment is signed, certified copies or certificate-style proof should be requested from the Clerk, not from the St. Bernard Parish Government public-records form. For broader case-file context, the civil side of St. Bernard Parish court records follows the same Clerk custody framework.
Certified Copies in St. Bernard
Certified copies are used when a record must prove a legal event rather than merely show search results. A certified marriage record may be needed for name changes, benefits, immigration, school or insurance records, and remarriage questions. A certified divorce judgment may be needed to prove the end of a marriage, enforce orders, or update financial and personal records. Online images, where available, should not be assumed to be certified unless the Clerk issues them in certified form.
Requesters should give the Clerk enough detail to locate the file without guessing. For marriage copies, use both spouses' names and the approximate ceremony or recording date. For divorce copies, use party names, case number if known, filing year, and the type of judgment or order needed. If a case involves custody, support, protective orders, sealed filings, or redacted personal identifiers, the Clerk may limit what can be released to the public.
St. Bernard Divorce Access Limits
Louisiana public-records law starts with access, but access depends on the custodian and exceptions. La. R.S. 44:31 allows adults to inspect, copy, or reproduce public records unless an exception applies, while La. R.S. 44:32 addresses custodian duties and copies. Those statutes do not turn every family-court item into an open file. Juvenile matters, sealed records, adoption materials, protected identifiers, and some domestic or law-enforcement-related information can be confidential or redacted.
The St. Bernard Parish public-records form remains useful for parish-government records, but it is the wrong channel for marriage certificates and divorce certificates. If a request is sent to parish government for one of those excluded categories, the practical result is delay. The correct path is the Clerk of Court for marriage and divorce records, the Sheriff's Office for police reports, and parish government only for parish administrative records.