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Office: Iberia Parish Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness – 1111 Ember Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560 | (337) 369-4427; Director Brandon J. Migues; Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 AM-4:30 PM; oversees FEMA grant management and hazard mitigation planning.
Sheriff: Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office – 300 Iberia Street, Suite 120, New Iberia, LA 70560 | (337) 369-3714 or (337) 369-3711 | Fax (337) 364-5582; Sheriff Thomas “Tommy” Romero, in office since 2020, a Loreauville High School graduate; 159 regular deputies, 11 part-time, and 26 reserve deputies. Iberia Parish Criminal Justice Facility – 3618 Broken Arrow Road, New Iberia, LA | (337) 369-2431 | Fax (337) 369-7672.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-90 and LA-14 serve New Iberia, the parish seat, in South-Central Louisiana’s Cajun coastal region.
Notes: Iberia Parish takes its name from the Spanish “Iberia,” a nod to the region’s Spanish colonial heritage.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Iberia Parish Courthouse – New Iberia, LA.
Notes: Iberia Parish is genuinely the birthplace of Tabasco brand pepper sauce. On Avery Island – a 2,200-acre salt-dome “island” rising 163 feet above the surrounding coastal marsh, making it the highest point on the entire Gulf Coast – Edmund McIlhenny began commercially producing his pepper sauce in 1868, shipping 658 bottles to Gulf Coast grocers the following year at one dollar apiece. The still family-owned McIlhenny Company has operated on the same island for over 150 years, and Tabasco is now sold in more than 195 countries. The island also houses Jungle Gardens (a 170-acre subtropical estate open since 1935) and Bird City, a wildfowl refuge established by conservationist Edward Avery McIlhenny that remains an important nesting site for snowy egrets and herons.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Iberia Parish Veterans Affairs – confirm current contact via iberiaparishgovernment.com.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Iberia Parish Library (main branch, New Iberia) – confirm current address/phone via iberiaparishgovernment.com.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Tabasco Factory & Museum and Jungle Gardens/Bird City on Avery Island, and the historic downtown New Iberia riverfront on Bayou Teche, are the parish’s premier attractions.
Notes: The genuine Tabasco sauce origin story is one of the most globally recognizable culinary-history facts covered anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Iberia Parish Assessor’s Office – confirm current contact via iberiaparishgovernment.com.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Iberia Parish Rabies & Animal Control – 2017 Seaway Access Road, New Iberia, LA 70560 | (337) 364-6311; Manager Amanda Istre; Hours Mon-Fri 7 AM-6 PM, Adoption hours Mon-Fri 1-6 PM, Sat 1-3 PM, closed Sunday; adoption fees $35-$50 (dogs) and $25 (cats), covering spay/neuter, rabies vaccination, and microchipping; waived fees for seniors and military; free feral/community cats available.
Angel Paws Adoption Center (Iberia Humane Society) – 1314 Troy Rd, New Iberia, LA 70563 | (337) 365-1923; a nonprofit operating for over 35 years, adopts to qualified out-of-town/out-of-state applicants as well as locally.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Iberia Parish Mosquito Control District and Public Works – confirm current contact via iberiaparishgovernment.com.
NOTES: Iberia Parish is the fifth parish in the fourth batch of the Louisiana v2 A+ sourced standard. The genuine Tabasco sauce origin story is one of the most globally recognizable culinary-history 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 Iberia Parish County
Iberia Parish is the home of Tabasco – the McIlhenny family’s pepper sauce empire built on a salt dome island since 1868 and the Greek Revival elegance of Shadows-on-the-Teche define a south Louisiana parish of culinary and architectural distinction on Bayou Teche.
New Iberia (the parish seat, population ~28,000) is Acadiana’s most historically rich Teche town – the bayou-side Shadows mansion, the downtown Evangeline Maid bakery, and the Cajun and Creole cultural traditions make it one of south Louisiana’s most rewarding small cities.
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Iberia Parish Assessor at 300 Iberia Street, Suite 100, New Iberia, LA 70560, phone 337-369-4415. LA residential assessed at 10% of fair market value; $75,000 homestead exemption.
Courts & Legal
Iberia Parish Clerk of Court at 300 Iberia Street, Suite 400, New Iberia, LA 70560, phone 337-365-7282, 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)
300 Iberia St., New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 369-4410
Genealogy
Parish-level record sources
Iberia Parish Clerk of Court (succession/estate case files – see Succession section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Iberia 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
Iberia Parish 16th Judicial District Court, Clerk of Court 300 Iberia Street (P.O. Drawer 12010), New Iberia, LA 70560 (mail: 70562-2010) (337) 365-7282 Iberia Parish is in south-central Louisiana, seated in New Iberia. The 16th Judicial District also covers St. Martin and St. Mary 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
300 Iberia St., New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 369-3711
SHERIFF / TAX COLLECTOR
300 Iberia St., New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 369-3711
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS (Elections)
300 Iberia St., New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 369-4421
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Iberia Parish Health Unit
(337) 373-0011
LA DCFS — Acadiana Region
(337) 262-5900
LA Medicaid
(888) 342-6207
Iberia Medical Center
iberiamedicalcenter.com (New Iberia — quality regional hospital)
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Iberia Parish Health Unit – confirm current contact via Louisiana Department of Health regional office listings.
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County Facts
Population: 70,000
Area: 575 sq mi
Established: 1868
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