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Office: Acadia Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness – 568 Northeast Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526 | P.O. Box A, Crowley, LA 70527; operates under the Acadia Parish Police Jury; maintains and operates the Emergency Operations Center (EOC); coordinates with the Local Emergency Planning Committee, Southwest Louisiana Hurricane Task Force, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), American Red Cross, and FEMA. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-4:30 PM.
Sheriff: Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office – 1037 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526 | (337) 788-8700 | Fax (337) 788-8705; Sheriff K.P. Gibson, in office since 2016; 105 regular deputies plus 35 part-time deputies; conducts Sheriff Sales every Wednesday at 10 AM at the parish courthouse; operates a small unmanned aircraft systems (drone) fleet, FAA Part 107 compliant. Acadia Parish Criminal Justice Center/Jail – 1037-1061 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA | (337) 788-8735 | Fax (337) 788-8766.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-10 and US-90 serve Crowley, the parish seat, in South Louisiana’s “Cajun Harvest Country.”
Notes: Crowley sits roughly midway between Lafayette and Jennings, with the cities of Eunice and Rayne, the towns of Basile, Church Point, Duson, and Iota, and the villages of Estherwood, Mermentau, and Morse also within the parish.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Acadia Parish Courthouse – Crowley, LA.
Notes: Crowley is genuinely the “Rice Capital of America” – it has milled more rice than any city in the country. Rice production took off in Louisiana after the Civil War, and Crowley’s strategic position on railroad lines and waterways made it a major milling center by the late 19th century. The city’s annual International Rice Festival, first held in 1937 (originally the National Rice Festival), is Louisiana’s oldest agricultural festival and one of its largest, drawing roughly 300,000 visitors over a single autumn weekend; more than seven million people have attended since its founding. Rice research at a nearby LSU station dating to 1908 continues to support the industry, alongside modern crawfish farming.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Acadia Parish Veterans Affairs – confirm current contact via louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/acadia-parish.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Acadia Parish Library (main branch, Crowley) – confirm current address/phone via the parish library system.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The International Rice Festival grounds, the 1901 Grand Opera House of the South (renovated 2008), and Crowley’s historic downtown (200+ buildings on the National Register of Historic Places) are the parish’s premier attractions.
Notes: The genuine “Rice Capital of America” title and the International Rice Festival’s near-90-year history are among the more distinctive local agricultural/cultural facts covered anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Acadia Parish Assessor’s Office – confirm current contact via louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/acadia-parish.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Acadia Parish Animal Control/Shelter – 1530-1534 West Second Street, Crowley, LA 70526-70527 | (337) 788-1073 | Email: [email protected] or [email protected]; operates under the Acadia Parish Police Jury; provides fostering, adoption, and rescue coordination. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-4 PM, closed holidays.
Additional local shelters: Crowley Animal Shelter – 220 Jack Mitchell Ave, Crowley, LA | (337) 458-0908; Rayne Animal Shelter – 1321 Section Street, Rayne, LA | (337) 739-9495; Humane Society of Louisiana – Acadia Chapter (Church Point).
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Acadia Parish Police Jury Public Works – confirm current contact via louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/acadia-parish.
NOTES: Acadia Parish is the first parish in the first batch of the Louisiana v2 A+ sourced standard. The genuine “Rice Capital of America” title and the International Rice Festival’s near-90-year history are among the more distinctive local agricultural/cultural facts covered anywhere in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Acadia Parish County
Acadia Parish is Louisiana’s rice capital and frog capital – Crowley’s century of rice production and Rayne’s famous frog leg export industry give this south Louisiana prairie parish two of the most distinctive agricultural identities in Cajun country.
Crowley (the parish seat, population ~12,000) celebrates its rice heritage at the annual International Rice Festival – the October celebration of the crop that built the south Louisiana prairie economy.
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Acadia Parish Assessor at 500 N. Parkerson Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526, phone 337-788-8818. LA residential assessed at 10% of fair market value; $75,000 homestead exemption.
Courts & Legal
Acadia Parish Clerk of Court at 500 N. Parkerson Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526, phone 337-788-8881, handles successions.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK OF COURT (Records, Vital Records, Mortgages)
500 N. Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526
(337) 788-8881
Genealogy
Parish-level record sources
Acadia Parish Clerk of Court (succession/estate case files – see Succession section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Acadia Parish genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
A NOTE ON LOUISIANA LAW: Louisiana is the only U.S. state built on a civil-law tradition (rooted in the Napoleonic Code) rather than English common law. Louisiana doesn’t use the word “probate” – the equivalent process is called a “succession,” and its 64 parishes are the equivalent of counties elsewhere. Community property and separate property rules also work differently here than in common-law states, which can affect what’s actually part of the succession.
Where to go
Acadia Parish 15th Judicial District Court, Clerk of Court 500 North Parkerson Avenue, Room 201 (P.O. Box 922), Crowley, LA 70527-0922 (337) 788-8881 Acadia Parish was created in 1886, seated in Crowley. The 15th Judicial District also covers Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Small Succession Affidavit – under La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3421 et seq., available for estates with a gross value of $125,000 or less at the date of death (or of any value if the decedent has been dead more than 20 years). No court proceeding is required. At least two people must sign – typically the surviving spouse (if any) plus one or more heirs, sworn before a notary. If the estate includes immovable property (real estate), the affidavit can’t be recorded until 90 days after the date of death, and it must be recorded with the Clerk of Court/Recorder in every parish where the decedent owned real estate.
Succession Without Administration (“simple possession”) – used when there are no debts to pay and all heirs agree; commonly resolved in 30 to 90 days via a Petition for Possession.
Administered Succession – required when a court-appointed succession representative needs to inventory assets and pay debts before distribution; typically takes 3 to 9 months, longer if contested.
Important: for anything beyond a small succession affidavit, Louisiana courts generally require a licensed Louisiana attorney to represent the succession – self-representation and generic online forms are not accepted the way they are in many other states.
Step 2: filing a regular succession
File a Petition for Possession (simple cases) or a Petition for Administration (if a representative and formal administration are needed) in the district court of the parish where the decedent was domiciled at death.
The court admits any will and, where needed, appoints an executor (testate) or administrator (intestate), issuing Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration.
In an administered succession, the representative prepares a sworn descriptive list of assets, pays valid debts, and accounts to the court.
The court issues a Judgment of Possession, which must then be recorded in the parish conveyance/land records and with the parish tax assessor to clear title.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by parish and case type; publication costs apply when legal notices are required.
A full administered succession typically requires attorney representation – flat fees for straightforward matters often run in the low thousands of dollars, more if contested or complex.
A small succession affidavit is far less expensive and, when no real estate is involved, can often be handled without an attorney – though even small errors can cause a bank, title company, or the Louisiana OMV to reject the affidavit.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
505 NW Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526
(337) 783-3154
SHERIFF / TAX COLLECTOR
505 NW Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526
(337) 783-3154
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS (Elections)
500 N. Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526
(337) 788-8893
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Acadia Parish Health Unit
(337) 788-7543
LA DCFS — Acadiana Region
(337) 262-5900
LA Medicaid
(888) 342-6207
Acadia-St. Landry Hospital
(337) 788-7533
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Acadia Parish Health Unit – confirm current contact via Louisiana Department of Health regional office listings.
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County Facts
Population: 62,000
Area: 658 sq mi
Established: 1886
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