Grant Parish is served by Volunteer Fire Departments, established by Districts. Each volunteer fire department has a district chief, station chiefs and is overseen by a fire district board. In addition, all but one fire department is a subdivision of the Grant Parish Police Jury. The Town of Montgomery operates its own fire department. For emergency purposes, any fire district can be notified by contacting the parish’s Emergency 9-1-1 system, or by calling the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Department at (318) 627-3261.

The Grant Parish Library
300 Main Street
Colfax, LA 71417
Phone: (318)627-9920
Fax: (318)627-9900

Grant Parish is served by four electric utility companies:

• Cleco
• Entergy
• Valley Electric Cooperative
• Concordia Electric

Natural gas is available throughout the parish through municipal providers and through Consolidated Gas Utilities District (318) 627-3333.

The Grant Parish Permit Office is the agency responsible for issuing all FEMA-required Flood Plain permits that must be obtained prior to residential or commercial construction in Grant Parish. The Permit Officer, Bobby Meeker (318) 627-4101, is also the Emergency Planning Coordinator for Grant Parish.

Grant Parish does not currently have parish-wide zoning laws, but does have Mobile Home Park regulations and Subdivision regulations that govern the development of subdivisions and mobile home parks in Grant Parish. The Grant Parish Planning Commission is the agency responsible for approving such developments. The eight-member commission is appointed by the Grant Parish Police Jury and meets monthly. The planning commission can be contacted through the Grant Parish Police Jury Office at (318) 627-3157.

An eight-member Police Jury, elected by district every four years, governs Grant Parish. An appointed Parish Manager-Secretary/Treasurer conducts the day-to-day administration of the parish’s business. The offices of the Grant Parish Police Jury are located in the Grant Parish Courthouse, located at 200 Main Street in Colfax. The telephone number is (318) 627-3157.

Click here to go to the Secretary of State database of elected officials, for a listing of the police jurors.