East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court (20th Judicial District Court) publishes a civil fee schedule (effective April 1, 2025) that lists a succession-specific advance deposit of $400.00 (its new-suit-with-one-service deposit is likewise $400.00), so formal_administration records that confirmed $400.00 succession advance deposit. A small succession transferred by sworn affidavit before a notary (estate of $125,000 or less, La. C.C.P. art. 3421) is recorded in the parish conveyance records rather than court-filed, and the civil fee schedule does not itemize a small-succession amount, so small_estate_affidavit is left null. 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 Clerk before filing.