St. Tammany Parish Marriage Licenses
The St. Tammany Parish Clerk Personal Document Services office is the local source for marriage license services and certified marriage copy requests. The Clerk states that Personal Document Services is an agent for the Louisiana Vital Records Registry and can process marriage license applications as well as provide copies of birth certificates, birth cards, and death certificates.
Marriage records should not be requested from the District Attorney or the Sheriff's Office. Use the Clerk's marriage and personal document channels. For public search, the Clerk's legacy portal includes marriage licenses among covered categories. For certified copies or questions about what an official copy must contain, contact the Clerk because the certified record must come from the proper custodian.
The manifest source for Clerk Personal Document Services shows the local office tied to St. Tammany Parish marriage records.
Use that department for license and certified-copy questions before using general court-record channels.
Apply for St. Tammany Parish Marriage License
The research did not extract a full official marriage application form, so the safest workflow is to prepare normal identifying information, verify current requirements with the Clerk, and use the Covington or Slidell public counter. The Slidell Annex is useful for east-parish access, but it has a daily closure from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Confirm current application requirements with the Clerk Personal Document Services office.
- Choose the Covington office or the Slidell Annex based on location and open hours.
- Bring government identification and applicant information required by the Clerk.
- Disclose prior marriage or divorce information if the official application requires it.
- Pay the marriage license fee only after confirming the current amount with the Clerk or official fee PDF.
- Request certified copies through the Clerk if a legal or agency filing needs proof of marriage.
St. Tammany Parish Application Fields
The official form was not fully extractable during research, so this field inventory mirrors the verified research notes and labels uncertain items plainly. Exact labels, ID rules, and signature requirements should be verified through the Clerk before publication or filing.
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant 1 full legal name | Text | Yes | Verify exact label on Clerk form. |
| Applicant 2 full legal name | Text | Yes | Verify exact label on Clerk form. |
| Date of birth | Date | Yes | Identification or age requirement likely applies; verify official rule. |
| Address | Text | Likely | Verify official form. |
| Government ID | Document | Likely | Do not invent accepted ID types without Clerk confirmation. |
| Prior marriage or divorce info | Text or date | Likely conditional | Needed in many marriage license workflows; verify with Clerk. |
| Signature | Signature | Yes | Verify if both applicants must appear or sign. |
| Payment | Payment | Yes | Exact fee must be verified from the official PDF or Clerk counter. |
St. Tammany Parish Marriage and Divorce Fees
The Clerk's official marriage license fee PDF was located, but text extraction failed during research. The build instructions require sourced amounts only, so the fee table states when an amount was not available in verified extractable source. Use the Clerk's official PDF, counter, or payment channel for current amounts before filing or ordering copies.
| Item | Amount | Source Status |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage license | Not stated in extractable research | Official fee PDF located; verify before publishing amount. |
| Certified marriage copy | Not stated in extractable research | Confirm with Clerk Personal Document Services. |
| Divorce filing | Not stated in extractable research | Confirm with Clerk Civil Department or eClerksLA workflow. |
| Certified divorce decree copy | Not stated in extractable research | Confirm with Clerk Civil Department. |
| Online payment service charge | Vendor controlled | Confirm in payment portal before submitting. |
St. Tammany Parish Clerk Offices
St. Tammany Parish marriage records and divorce record requests use the Clerk's public counters when online search is not enough. The Covington office is the main Justice Center counter. The Slidell Annex gives east-parish access at the St. Tammany Parish Administrative Complex, also called the Towers Building.
Covington Office
701 N Columbia Street
Covington, LA 70433
985-809-8700
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Slidell Annex Office
520 Old Spanish Trail, 5th Floor
Slidell, LA 70458
985-643-6969
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
The manifest source for the Clerk Slidell Annex shows the east-parish office used for in-person St. Tammany Parish marriage and divorce record access.
Check the daily closure before traveling to Slidell for marriage or civil record service.
Look Up St. Tammany Parish Marriage Records
The Clerk legacy public records portal is the online channel named in research for marriage licenses. The legacy portal also covers archives, assessor tax rolls, land records, and older court e-certification. Login is required, and it should be treated as a search channel rather than the sole certified-copy path.
For St. Tammany Parish marriage records, search by names and date details when available, then contact the Clerk if a certified copy is needed. Older marriage records may also connect to the Clerk Archives Department, which preserves historical and genealogy records dating back to 1810. If the portal does not return a record, the Clerk counter is the fallback.
Find St. Tammany Parish Divorce Records
Divorce is a domestic suit in St. Tammany Parish. The Clerk Civil Department processes and maintains civil case records, including civil and domestic suits, adoptions, commitments, successions, tutorships, and appeals. Current public divorce cases may be searched through re:SearchLA when not sealed or restricted. Older decrees may require the Clerk counter or a department request.
A divorce case file may include a petition, service returns, answers, motions, custody or support filings, consent judgments, community property filings, and final judgment or decree. Some content may be restricted for child, protective-order, sealed, or sensitive personal information. Certified divorce decrees come from the Clerk or court file, not from the Sheriff's Office.
For broader civil case access, St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court services explain how the Civil Department and online records fit together.
Certified St. Tammany Parish Copies
Certified copies matter when a court, agency, school, benefit office, passport process, name-change process, or property filing requires proof. Marriage certified copies should route through Clerk Personal Document Services. Divorce decree certified copies route through the Clerk Civil Department because divorce is a District Court domestic suit. A portal printout may not be enough for legal use.
Requesters should bring or provide full names, approximate record date, case number if known, and the type of certified copy needed. For divorce records, party access and sealed content may affect what can be released. For marriage records, the legacy portal can help locate the record, but certification still depends on the Clerk's process.
St. Tammany Parish Record Access Updates
The Clerk news page is a practical source for closure and access updates. Research found a June 18, 2026 notice that the Slidell office was closed due to flooding and inclement weather, while the Covington office in the Justice Center remained open and e-filing services remained available. Closures can affect in-person marriage and divorce record service even when online filing or search still works.
The manifest source for the Clerk news and closure notices shows why office status should be checked before a same-day record trip.
Use current Clerk notices with the office hours table when timing matters for certified copies or filings.
Louisiana Vital Records Context
St. Tammany Parish marriage records have a local Clerk path and a state vital-record context because the Clerk is an agent for the Louisiana Vital Records Registry for certain services. Divorce records are different. The court judgment remains a Clerk and District Court record, while state vital records may provide limited divorce-related verification or certified documents only if Louisiana procedure allows.
For the most reliable result, use the Clerk for marriage licenses, certified marriage copies, divorce decrees, and domestic suit records. Use state vital-record services only for the record types and copy functions the state actually handles. That distinction prevents a St. Tammany Parish divorce records search from being sent to the wrong custodian.