Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish

🏛️ What the job does

The clerk of court is the elected clerk of the district court for East Baton Rouge Parish. Under the Louisiana Constitution the clerk is the parish's recorder of conveyances, mortgages and other acts, serves as an ex officio notary public, and may appoint deputies. Each parish elects its clerk to a four-year term, and the East Baton Rouge clerk's office also takes candidate qualifying for local races. Next election: October 2027.