Notary Information

The governor of Louisiana is authorized to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as many Notaries Public in the different parishes as may be deemed necessary. Notaries have the power, within their respective parishes, to make inventories, appraisements, partitions, receive wills, make protests, matrimonial contracts, conveyances and, generally all contracts and instruments of writing. Notaries are also authorized to hold family meetings, meetings of creditors to receive acknowledgments of instruments under private signature, to affix the seals upon the effect of dead persons and to raise the same. All acts executed by a notary, in conformity with the provisions of Article 2234 of the Civil Code, shall be authentic acts. Pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute 35:191(L), a Notary Public appointed in Acadia may perform notarial functions in the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion. Also a Notary Public appointed in Acadia, Lafayette, or Vermilion parishes have the same privilege. Notary tests are now administered by the Secretary of State. For more information, you may call the notary division of the Secretary of State’s Office at 225-922-0507.
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Department Information
500 N. Parkerson Ave.
Crowley, LA 70526
P.O. Box 922
Crowley, LA 70527
Fax 1st Floor: (337) 783-3855
Fax 2nd Floor: (337) 788-1048
Monday-Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
Hello, I Am Robert T. “Robby” Barousse
Acadia Parish Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of mortgages and conveyances.
I am humbled and honored to be your Clerk of Court. My staff and I are committed to bringing to you great customer service backed by integrity and knowledge to help process and deliver the best records and recordation information.
Office Location
500 N. Parkerson Ave.
Crowley, LA 70526
P.O. Box 922
Phone : (337)788-8881 | Fax 1st Floor:(337) 783-3855 | Fax 2nd Floor: (337) 788-1048
Monday-Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm