Mortgage Certificates are issued by the department on a first come, first served basis. You must provide us with the name(s) you want us to check and legal property description. If a legal property description is not available, the information may be obtained by calling the Acadia Parish Assessor at (337)788-8871.

A Mortgage Certificate, more correctly called a “Certificate on Non-Mortgage,” is not a title opinion and makes no representation as to who might actually own the property described on the certificate. Previously issued certificates may be “up-dated” by the department, however, the original certificate must be presented and must be less than one year old.

Non-Lien Certificates are also issued by the Mortgage Department. As with mortgage certificates, the request must be in writing. The request must include the name(s) you want us to check, the date the contract was signed, and a brief description of the work. Unless otherwise requested, the Non-Lien Certificate will be issued when requested.

UCC Certificate requests must be in writing and on a Louisiana approved UCC-II form, one debtor name per request. A Federal Tax I.D. number should be provided although it is not yet required by the statute. The lack of a Federal Tax I.D. number will impact the results of your UCC Certificate.

Cancellations of all types must first be submitted to the Cancellation Clerk in the Mortgage Department before they will be accepted by the Recording Department. This is to verify the information contained in the cancellation form is correct. Cancellations in Acadia Parish must be in authentic form, I.E., executed before a Notary Public, signed by the affiant and two witnesses. Also, with almost no exceptions, the original promissory note must be presented with the act of cancellation in order to cancel a mortgage. UCC terminations must be prepared on a Louisiana approved form and must be sent directly to the Mortgage Department.

All cancellations that are to be recorded in the Mortgage Records require a “Request for Cancellation or Uniform Request and Cancellation Affidavit for MORTGAGES ONLY”.

Please find below the links to the current forms being used by our office.

All cancellations that are to be recorded in the Mortgage Records require a “Request for Cancellation or Uniform Request and Cancellation Affidavit for MORTGAGES ONLY”.

Please find below the links to the current forms being used by our office.

Download Forms

• Cancellation By Prescription
• Notice To Cancel Request For Notice Of Seizure
• Request for Cancellation of Mortgage or Privilege and Release
• Request for Cancellation
• RS 9:5173.1
• RS 9:5173
• RS 9:5169 Release by Obligee of Record of Mortgage or Privilege
• Uniform Request and Cancellation Affidavit (for mortgage)
• Uniform Request and Cancellation Affidavit (for mortgages and vendor’s leins)

See the “Fees” page for Mortgage Department charges.