Vital Records Information Louisiana http://www.vitalrec.com/la.html Louisiana State Vital Records Office Vital Records Registry PO Box 60630 New Orleans, LA 70160 (504) 568-5172 (504) 568-5152 recording Fax: (504) 568-5391 Make check or money order payable to Vital Records. Include phone number(s) and SASE in request. Louisiana State Archives 3851 Essen Lane PO Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125 (225) 922-1208 If no record is on file, a search fee equivalent to the cost of one copy of the record will be charged. Rec Type Cost Dates Form Remarks Birth Death $15.00 $5.00 since July 1914 Order Form from Vital Records Registry Records for City of New Orleans are available since 1892. Birth $5.00 1790-1897 City of New Orleans only from the Louisiana State Archives Death $5.00 1918-1946 State-wide records from the Louisiana State Archives Death $5.00 1804-1946 Orleans Parish records from the Louisiana State Archives Marriage $5.00 1870-1946 Orleans Parish records only from Vital Records Registry or the Louisiana State Archives. For other parishes, certified copies are available from the Clerk of the Court in the parish where the license was issued. Divorce Divorce records are available from Clerk of Court in parish where divorce was granted. Fees vary. Call Civil District Court, (504) 592-9100. The form can be downloaded and viewed by using Adobe Acrobat Software - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Index to Louisiana Parish Vital Records Offices Marriage and divorce records are available from the Clerk of the Court in the parish where the license was issued or the divorce was granted. Birth and death certificates are no longer available in the individual Parishes. Follow this link to determine what parish a city is in.