East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court Guide

Note: Louisiana imposes NO statewide probate tax and NO value-bracket court-cost scale; each parish Clerk of Court sets its own advance court-cost deposit under the La. R.S. 13:841 maximums. The East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court (19th Judicial District Court, Baton Rouge) does not post a flat succession civil advance-deposit amount online; the Civil Suit Records office sets the succession deposit on request and directs filers to call 225-389-3972. The formal_administration figure therefore records the parish's published cost to record the conveyance document that closes most successions (a judgment of possession or, for a simple-possession/small succession, the affidavit affecting real estate): $135.00 for a 1-5 page conveyance document (includes indexing up to 10 names and 1 certified copy, and the $30 Judicial Building Fund and $5 LCRAA fees), per the EBR Clerk of Court 'Filing, Recording and Indexing Fees' schedule (effective 08/01/2017). A small succession affidavit is not filed with the court but, for real estate, is recorded in the parish conveyance records at the same $135.00 recording cost, which small_estate_affidavit reflects. The succession representative's default compensation is 2.5% of the inventory (La. C.C.P. art. 3351). Confirm the current succession advance deposit with the EBR Clerk of Court Civil Suit Records department at 225-389-3972 before filing.