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Civil Office Phone: 318-368-2510 Civil FAX: 318-368-7691
Sheriffs
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CIVIL PROCESS --
Civil law enforcement is the original
function of a Sheriff's office. In old England the first sheriffs were selected
by the King to collect taxes and that is still a substantial part of our duties
today, even though the Sheriff is an elected official.
It has been said that the law is 90 percent civil and 10 percent criminal. This
is, most likely, the origin of the saying, 'possession is 9/10 of the law'
because civil law does indeed deal with people's Real and Personal possessions.
Some of the Things We Do
The Union Parish Sheriff's Office has the responsibility of serving and
executing court-issued documents.
Tax Collector
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Cash payments can be accepted during normal business hours only.
Payments sent in by mail can be personal checks, money order or cashiers
check; please include the portion of your tax statement that is needed to
credit your account and put your assessment number on any form of payment.
Citations-
Citations' issued by Union Parish Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana State
Police can be paid by cash during normal business hours. Payments remitted
by mail must be in the form of money order or cashiers check, the original
citation MUST accompany your payment.
Personal Checks are NOT accepted by mail or in person for payment on
citations.
Call 318-368-2510 for information on fine amounts.
Processing of all
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Criminal Subpoenas
Civil Subpoenas
Restraining Orders
Seizure and Sale of movable and non-moveable property - SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY
at 10 AM in the Front Lobby of the Courthouse in Farmerville. (Click link to
Sheriff's Sales for details by date)
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ADVANCE DEPOSIT FEE SCHEDULE |
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LOUISIANA CIVIL SERVICE PAPERS ** |
$ Cost |
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Notice |
$20.00 |
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Citation |
$20.00 |
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Motion |
$20.00 |
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Order |
$20.00 |
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Restraining Order |
$35.00 |
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Rule |
$20.00 |
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Subpoena |
$20.00 |
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Garnishment Interrogatories |
$20.00 |
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Out of Parish Writ of Seizure & Sale |
$30.00 |
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Writ of Habeus Corpus |
$20.00 |
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Writ of Attachment |
$20.00 |
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**Mileage Charge figured at $0.52 per mile per attempt |
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(Based on charge for one service paper and one attempt) |
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Location |
Cost |
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Bernice |
$36.64 |
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Conway-Truxno |
$32.48 |
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Farmerville |
$25.20 |
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Downsville |
$33.52 |
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Haile |
$43.92 |
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Junction City |
$51.20 |
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Lillie |
$40.80 |
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Linville |
$40.80 |
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Marion |
$34.56 |
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Ouachita City |
$44.96 |
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Point |
$35.60 |
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Rocky Branch |
$35.60 |
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Sardis |
$28.32 |
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Spearsville |
$37.68 |
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Spencer |
$41.84 |
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Sterlington |
$41.84 |
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OUT OF STATE SERVICE |
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Per Service Paper |
$50.00 |
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EXECUTORY PROCESS |
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Writ of Sequestration |
$200.00 |
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Writ of Fifa |
$750.00 |
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Writ of Seizure & Sale |
$750.00 |
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Writ of Possession |
$50.00 |
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Some Things We Do Not Do
The Sheriff's Office has the authority and duty to intervene in matters of a
criminal
nature. This is not true in civil
matters. In order for the Sheriff' to
become involved in anything of a civil nature, he must have a court-issued
document in hand that specifies certain actions that he must take on behalf of
the plaintiff. The deputies of the Union Parish Sheriff are not attorneys and as
such
are not able to give any legal advice. We urge anyone with legal concerns to
contact an attorney.