Instructions for Patrons Wishing to Check out Court Records

Instructions for Clients

Wishing to Check out Court Records

from the LSU Law Center Library

Loan period

Louisiana appellate and Supreme Court records and briefs may be checked out from the Law Library for a period of twenty days. The circulation period begins on the date that the record is mailed.

Making requests

The preferred mode of request is via email directed to the attention of Melanie Sims (melanie.sims@law.lsu.edu). Requests may also be faxed to 225-578-5773. The fax should be on official letterhead and include

• The name of the case requested.

• The appellate or Supreme Court docket number. (We cannot locate records by the local judicial district docket number.)

• The requesting party=s Federal Express account number.

• A written agreement that the requesting party will be responsible for returning the records within the loan period.

Attorneys must also include

Their bar roll numbers

Receipt of requests

Requests must be received no later than noon on Tuesdays. Requests received after that time will be held for retrieval on Tuesday of the following week. Instantaneous filling of orders will no longer be possible, and we will not accept telephone requests.

Returning records

Return records to the following address:

Government Documents Department

Law Library

Paul M. Hebert Law Center

E. Campus Drive

LSU

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1010

Renewing records

Renewal requests should include the court, case name, and docket number information included in the original request. Renewals may be emailed to the attention of Melanie E. Sims (melanie.sims@law.lsu.edu) or faxed to 225-578-5773.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Melanie E. Sims

Government Information Librarian/Appellate Archive Administrator

225-578-8815

Court Record Pick-Up Spot

Court records to be looked at and/or picked up -- will be on the table behind the reference desk.

The records should be on the table with a note on them. The note will bear the name of the person checking out the record.

If the note says "in-library use", Melanie would prefer the record not to leave the library until the patron has talked to the librarian at the reference desk or to Melanie. Check with Melanie (8-8815) first if possible.