St. Tammany Parish Property Records Search
St. Tammany Parish property records date back to 1810 and are maintained at the Clerk of Court office in Covington, with a second service location in Slidell. The clerk holds deeds, mortgages, conveyances, liens, and other land documents for all real estate in this fast-growing north shore parish. You can search St. Tammany Parish property records online through the clerk's own portal or eClerks LA, both of which provide free name-based index access. For GIS mapping and assessment data, the parish assessor has a separate online tool that is also free to use.
St. Tammany Parish Quick Facts
St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court
Jessica Jenkins Brewster serves as the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court. The main office is at 701 N. Columbia St., Covington, LA 70433, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 1090. The main phone number is (985) 809-8700, and the fax is (985) 809-8782. You can reach the clerk by email at jbrewster@sttammanyclerk.org. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The clerk's website is at sttammanyclerk.org.
Under La. Civ. Code art. 3338, all instruments affecting real property in St. Tammany Parish must be recorded at this office to be effective against third parties. The clerk maintains a comprehensive grantor-grantee index covering records back to 1810. This makes St. Tammany one of the parishes with the deepest available land record history in Louisiana.
The clerk also maintains an archives division accessible at sttammanyclerk.org/departments/archives/. Historical records and older instruments may be found there. This is useful for title searches that require going back many decades or more on a parcel.
The screenshot below shows the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court official website.
Source: sttammanyclerk.org
The clerk's site provides access to online filing tools, fee schedules, document request forms, and archive information for St. Tammany Parish property records.
| Clerk of Court | Jessica Jenkins Brewster |
|---|---|
| Covington Office | 701 N. Columbia St. Covington, LA 70433 P.O. Box 1090 |
| Phone | (985) 809-8700 |
| Fax | (985) 809-8782 |
| jbrewster@sttammanyclerk.org | |
| Hours | Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Website | sttammanyclerk.org |
St. Tammany Parish Assessor
Louis Fitzmorris serves as the St. Tammany Parish Assessor. The assessor maintains two offices. The Covington office is at 701 N. Columbia St., Covington, LA 70433, phone (985) 809-8180. The Slidell office is at 520 Old Spanish Trail, Slidell, LA 70458, phone (985) 646-1990. The assessor website is at stpao.org.
Property assessments follow the rates set by La. Const. art. VII § 18. Residential homestead property is assessed at 10% of fair market value. Most other property is assessed at 15%. Public service company property is assessed at 25%. Owners can check their assessment for free at stpao.org/check-your-assessment/. This is a useful tool to confirm what the assessor has on file for your property before the appeal period opens each year.
The screenshot below shows the St. Tammany Parish Assessor website.
Source: stpao.org
The assessor site lets you search by owner name, parcel number, or address. You can check assessed values and homestead exemption status for any parcel in St. Tammany Parish.
| Assessor | Louis Fitzmorris |
|---|---|
| Covington Office | 701 N. Columbia St., Covington, LA 70433 (985) 809-8180 |
| Slidell Office | 520 Old Spanish Trail, Slidell, LA 70458 (985) 646-1990 |
| Website | stpao.org |
| Assessment Check | stpao.org/check-your-assessment/ |
St. Tammany Parish GIS Portal
St. Tammany Parish provides a free GIS portal at stpao.geosync.io. This interactive mapping tool shows parcel boundaries, ownership data, aerial photos, and geographic features across the parish. You can search by address or parcel number to locate a specific property and view its relationship to neighboring parcels and streets.
St. Tammany is a fast-growing parish, and the GIS data is regularly updated to reflect new subdivisions and parcel splits. This is helpful for due diligence on new construction lots or recently platted developments. For legal boundary matters, always confirm with the plat records at the clerk's office and a licensed surveyor.
The screenshot below shows the St. Tammany Parish GIS portal for property mapping.
Source: stpao.geosync.io
The GIS portal is free and open to the public. No login is needed to view parcel data and maps for the parish.
Online Property Record Access
St. Tammany Parish has several strong online tools for property record research. Start with the assessor's free search at stpao.org to get ownership and valuation data. For full land document access, the statewide eClerks LA portal at eclerksla.com provides index data for recorded instruments in St. Tammany and other Louisiana parishes.
Clerk Connect at clerkconnect.com offers subscription access to multiple parish clerk indexes across Louisiana. This is a practical tool when title research spans parish lines. For statewide assessment comparison, the Louisiana Tax Commission at latax.state.la.us provides data from all Louisiana parishes.
QPublic at qpublic.net may also have St. Tammany Parish assessor data available. For properties near Lake Pontchartrain, the Bogue Falaya, or other state waterways, the State Lands Office at doa.la.gov holds records of state-owned water bottoms and adjacent lands that may affect title.
Types of Property Records in St. Tammany Parish
The St. Tammany Parish Clerk records all instruments affecting real property in the parish. These are public records under La. R.S. 44:1 and are retained permanently under La. R.S. 44:411. Anyone may request to view or copy them.
Common property records filed in St. Tammany Parish include:
- Acts of sale for residential, commercial, and rural property
- Mortgage acts and collateral mortgage pledges
- Cancellations and releases of mortgages and liens
- Judgments recorded as property liens
- Servitudes, rights-of-way, and easements
- Donations and gifts of immovable property
- Succession and estate real estate transfers
- Lis pendens notices for pending litigation
- Subdivision plats and boundary descriptions
- UCC fixture filings on commercial property
Because St. Tammany is one of the fastest-growing parishes in Louisiana, new subdivision plats and development filings are a significant part of the clerk's recording activity. Check recently filed plats when researching property in newer residential developments around Covington, Mandeville, or Slidell.
Cities in St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish includes several communities on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. All property records for these areas are filed at the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court regardless of which city a property is located in.
Nearby Parishes
St. Tammany Parish borders these parishes. Properties near a parish line may require records checks at more than one clerk office.