As per ACT No. 352, HOUSE BILL NO. 310 of the 2025 Regular Session, starting January 1st, 2026 fax filings will no longer be accepted. Beginning January 1, 2026, all filings as provided in this Article and all other provisions of this Code filed by an attorney shall only be filed in person in paper form or transmitted electronically in accordance with a system established by a clerk of court or by the Louisiana Clerks’ Remote Access Authority.
The clerk of court accepts fax filing of any pleading pursuant to La. R.S. 13:850. Note that a “receipt of transmission” must be transmitted by the clerk to the sender in order to complete the filing, and that the original pleading and appropriate fees must be received within seven days (exclusive of legal holidays) of the transmission.
24th Civil Filings should be faxed to (504) 364-3780. Fax filings can be emailed to FaxFileCivil24@jpclerkofcourt.us. Emailed faxes must contain a single PDF attachment containing all pages for the filing. Other document types, including links to documents, cannot be accepted. Additional instructions or text MUST be included in the PDF attachment as our email-to-fax service does not read the body of the email.
24th Criminal Filings should be faxed to (504) 364-3797. Fax filings can be emailed to FaxFileCriminal24@jpclerkofcourt.us. Emailed faxes must contain a single PDF attachment containing all pages for the filing. Other document types, including links to documents, cannot be accepted. Additional instructions or text MUST be included in the PDF attachment as our email-to-fax service does not read the body of the email.
***Pleadings and other documents intended for filing, or which must be entered into the record (ex. a request for or notice of continuance of a matter, notice of settlement of a case, etc.), must be faxed to the clerk of court, not to the judges or the judicial administrator.***