Law Departments

The City Attorney’s Office is responsible for the legal affairs of the City of New Orleans. During the divided Municipality Period of government (1836-1852), each municipality had a separate Attorney’s Office handling their own affairs. Following the reunification of the City, the office was written into the 1852 City Charter and the city’s legal affairs now fall under the City Attorney and Law Department.

Researchers should note that “Records Relating to the Notarial Acts of New Orleans” are included here because, at the time, the position of City Notary was a municipal one. Following this period, notarial acts then fall under the purview of the Clerk of Civil District Court.