Guidelines

Each house, manufactured home, or structure located in the unincorporated limits of Rapides Parish will be assigned an address to provide a more efficient and effective emergency service. It is your responsibility to affix the assigned number on the structure. Addresses are given when a permit for the structure is obtained, not before.

Size & Type of Number
Numbers must be made of a permanent durable material (painted and stick on numbers not acceptable) and shall be in a contrasting color from the house so it may be easily seen from the road.

• Residential - minimum 3 inches in height
• Commercial - minimum 4 inches in height

Numbers can be purchased from hardware stores, lumber yards, Wal-Mart and K-Mart Stores, etc.

Location of Number
All numbers must be conspicuously placed immediately above, on or at the side of the proper door of each building so that the number can be seen plainly from the street line.

If the house/manufactured home is situated more than 50 feet from the street, the number must be placed at the intersection of the driveway and road on one of the following:

• gate post
• fence post
• mailbox
• or other permanent structure

If your mailbox is on your property (not across the street) and you choose to put the numbers on it, then the numbers must be displayed on both sides of the mailbox post only (not the box itself) or on both sides of a bracket mounted on top of the mailbox

Fill out this application to help us determine the correct numbering sequence for you.  Bring it in with when done with a copy of your plat from the Tax Assessors Office.            ADDRESS REQUEST APPLICATION