Mortgage Department
The Mortgage Department is responsible for issuing Mortgage, Non-Lien, and UCC Certificates pursuant to applicable Louisiana statutes. As per statutes, all requests for certificates must be in writing. Requests for certificates may be received via email, facsimile, mail, or in person.
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. A legal property description may be obtained by calling the Lafayette Parish Assessor at (337) 291-7080. A Mortgage Certificate, more correctly called a "Certificate of 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. A non-lien certificate will only be issued when requested. The request must be in writing and 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.
UCC Certificates are issued by the Mortgage Department as well. The requests must be in writing on a Louisiana approved UCC- 11 form, one debtor name per request. A Federal tax ID number should be provided. The lack of a Federal tax ID number will impact the results of your UCC certificate.
Cancellations must first be submitted to the Cancellation Clerk to verify the information in the cancellation form before they will be accepted for recording by the Recording Department. Cancellations in Lafayette Parish must be in authentic form, I.E., executed before a Notary Public and signed by the affiant. UCC terminations must be prepared on a Louisiana approved form and may be sent directly to the Recording Department.
Mortgage and Non-Lien Certificate Request:
If you would like to submit a mortgage or non-lien certificate request to the Mortgage Department, please send the following to Mortgage@lpclerk.com:
Fill out the Mortgage Certificate Request form
Payment is required before any mortgage certificate requests will be processed. Please contact the Mortgage Department at 337-291-6337 for any assistance.
UCC-11 Information Request:
If you would like to submit a UCC-11 information request to the Mortgage Department, please send the following to Mortgage@lpclerk.com:
Fill out the UCC-11 Information Request form
If being paid with a credit card, please fill out the Credit Card Order form
Payment is required before any UCC-11 information requests will be processed. Please contact the Mortgage Department at 337-291-6337 for any assistance.
For cancellation information call (337) 291-6336.
For further information about the Mortgage Department call
(337) 291-6337.