Franklin Parish Clerk of Court
Franklin Parish uses the unified Louisiana Clerk of Court model. The clerk is Anita Gallagher Wygal, also shown in official sources as Anita Wygal. The office serves as the district-court clerk for Franklin Parish and as ex officio recorder for mortgages, conveyances, deeds, and other instruments. It is the main local counter for people who need to inspect, copy, certify, or file District Court and recorder records.
The official Meet the Clerk source image is assigned to this page in the manifest.
The page is useful because it confirms the clerk identity and frames the Franklin Parish office as both a court clerk and records office.
Franklin Parish Clerk of Court
Clerk: Anita Gallagher Wygal / Anita Wygal
6550 Main Street
Winnsboro, LA 71295
Mail: P.O. Box 1564, Winnsboro, LA 71295
318-435-5133
Fax: 318-435-5134
Email: ANITA@FPCLERK.COM
Monday-Friday, excluding holidays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Franklin Parish Clerk Duties
The clerk's office handles more than a court docket. The Franklin Parish Clerk preserves mortgages, conveyances, UCC filings, birth certificates, marriage licenses, civil records, criminal records, juvenile records, non-support records, adoptions, appeals, and all court proceeding records. The office also runs the Jury Commission, calls residents for jury duty, provides election-day commissioners, maintains voting machines, and records or provides election results to the Louisiana Secretary of State.
- District Court civil, criminal, juvenile, non-support, adoption, and appeal records
- Marriage licenses and certified marriage copies
- Mortgage, conveyance, deed, UCC, and related recording records
- Successions, tutorships, and other civil filing categories
- Jury Commission and election-related clerk functions
The clerk states that the office operates on fees generated from services rendered rather than tax revenue, and that fees are set by the Louisiana Legislature. That explains why searches, filings, copies, certifications, fax filings, and postage can require payment even when a record is public.
Request Franklin Parish Certified Copies
A certified copy is a copy authenticated by the clerk for legal use. Franklin Parish users may need certified copies of civil judgments, divorce decrees, succession judgments, court minutes, marriage records, or recorded instruments. A screenshot or uncertified online printout is not the same as a clerk-certified document.
- Identify the record type, such as civil, criminal, divorce, succession, marriage, mortgage, conveyance, UCC, or court minutes.
- Gather names, case number or recording reference if known, and an approximate filing date or date range.
- Contact the Franklin Parish Clerk by phone, at the counter, or by mail to confirm availability and cost.
- State whether plain copies, certified copies, conformed copies, or court minutes are needed.
- Pay the copy, certification, postage, or filing amount quoted by the clerk.
The official Franklin Parish Clerk holiday schedule source image is also assigned to this page.
Office schedules matter because record requests, filings, and certified-copy pickup depend on the clerk's open business days and holiday closures.
Franklin Parish Records Request Fields
The research did not locate a Franklin Parish online public-records request form. The clerk's Resources page says public-records requests should be mailed to Anita Wygal, Franklin Parish Clerk of Court, P.O. Box 1564, Winnsboro, LA 71295. The request should be narrow enough for the custodian to identify the record and quote fees before copying large files.
| Request field | Required | Franklin Parish notes |
|---|---|---|
| Party names | Yes | Use full names for civil, criminal, family, probate, marriage, or recording searches. |
| Case number or recording reference | If known | Helpful for court files, mortgage records, conveyance records, UCC filings, and appeals. |
| Record type | Yes | Examples include civil, criminal, divorce, succession, tutorship, juvenile, adoption, appeal, mortgage, conveyance, UCC, or marriage. |
| Approximate date range | Strongly recommended | Use a filing year, marriage date, judgment date, or recording date when possible. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain copy, certified copy, conformed copy, court minutes, or transcript. |
| Mailing address and follow-up contact | Yes for mail | Include enough contact detail for fee quotes, postage, or clarification. |
| Payment or request for quote | Recommended | Ask for total copy, certification, and postage costs before a large order. |
Note: The clerk's resources page warns that information submitted to the office may become a public record.
Franklin Parish Clerk Fees
The Franklin Parish Clerk publishes multiple fee categories for court and recorder work. The table below combines the copy, certification, civil filing, recording, marriage, and fax-filing amounts documented in the research. Fees can change, and some filings require service, postage, exhibits, or later pleadings that add to the total.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Civil copy | $1.00 per page |
| Certifying civil copies | $5.00 plus $1.00 per page |
| Court minutes | $1.00, plus $5.00 if certified |
| Civil postage | Actual amount incurred |
| Recording copy | $2.00 |
| Copies by mail, recording | $2.00 |
| Certified recording copy | $10.00 plus copy fee |
| Civil new suit, petition with 1 service | $350.00 |
| Subsequent pleading without service | $200.00 |
| Other civil filing, first page | $6.00 |
| Fax filing | $5.00 plus per-page filing fee |
| Paper exhibits, attachments, transcripts, or depositions | $2.00 per page |
| Marriage license | $34.50 |
| Extra certified marriage copy | $6.00 |
Franklin Parish Clerk Portals
The Franklin Parish Clerk site points users to eClerks LA and LCRAA-related remote access rather than a county-branded case search page. eClerks LA shows modules for Statewide Portal Search, Parish Search, eRecording, Marriage Application, and Criminal Search. Franklin appears in the parish dropdown for the inspected modules. LCRAA is the Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority, which administers secure remote access to records maintained by participating parish clerks.
| Portal control | Type | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Statewide Portal Search | Search module | Free locator for land records, marriage licenses, and civil information. |
| Parish Search | Dropdown and search | Select Franklin to reach parish search functions where available. |
| eRecording | Dropdown workflow | Select Franklin for electronic recording workflow. |
| Marriage Application | Dropdown workflow | Select Franklin to begin the marriage application workflow. |
| Criminal Search | Search button | Statewide criminal-search workflow, subject to portal limits. |
| LCRAA login | User name and password | Secure remote access, sign-up, and password recovery links. |
Clerk Connect was reviewed because some Louisiana clerks use it, but Franklin Parish was not found as a visible public inquiry parish in the research. It should not be treated as a confirmed Franklin Parish case-search route unless a current official source verifies a change.
Mail, Online, and Jury Records
For formal public-records requests, the local mail route is Anita Wygal, Franklin Parish Clerk of Court, P.O. Box 1564, Winnsboro, LA 71295. Online searching may help locate a record, but certification, sealed-record questions, transcript requests, and large copy orders still require direct office handling. Transcript or hearing-record issues may need the division-specific judge and court-reporter contacts on the clerk's Judges page.
The clerk also runs jury functions. The official Franklin Parish jury service source image is included because the clerk's record role extends beyond case files into jury administration.
That jury function helps explain why the clerk appears in court records, courthouse service, jury, election, and recording workflows for Franklin Parish.