Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
New Iberia is a city in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, with about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the New Iberia offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for New Iberia, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Clerk, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where New Iberia records are kept
- Kept by the City of New Iberia: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Iberia Parish or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Iberia Parish public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
New Iberia City Clerk: council records and ordinances
The City Clerk keeps the official records of the city government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the city's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for New Iberia.
- Website: cityofnewiberia.com/city-clerk (page title: CITY CLERK | Cityofni)
- Phone: (337) 369-2331
- Address: 457 E. Main Street; Suite 300 New Iberia, LA 70560-3700
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
New Iberia City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: newiberiacitycourt.com/contact (page title: Contact | New Iberia City Court)
- Phone: (337) 369-2334
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to New Iberia
Louisiana public records law applies to the city government of New Iberia. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
New Iberia Arrest Records
The New Iberia arrest records guide covers the agency that reports New Iberia's arrests to the FBI and the 866 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in New Iberia is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
New Iberia Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to New Iberia, each written from the city's own offices and figures: New Iberia warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), New Iberia inmate search (the jail page of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), New Iberia criminal records (the court file, the Louisiana criminal history and the local arrest records), New Iberia court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), New Iberia traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), New Iberia DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), New Iberia divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and New Iberia property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official New Iberia website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official New Iberia offices listed above, and the city's own website is newiberiacitycourt.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find New Iberia city council minutes and ordinances?
From the City Clerk at cityofnewiberia.com/city-clerk, phone (337) 369-2331. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for New Iberia?
New Iberia cases are heard by the courts that serve Iberia Parish, and people arrested in New Iberia are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Iberia Parish public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from New Iberia?
From the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Louisiana public records law applies to city governments.