Access Lafayette Warrant Records
Lafayette warrant records are held by the Lafayette City Marshal's Office, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, and the 15th Judicial District Court. The city has an online warrant lookup through the Lafayette City Marshal that lets you check for active warrants from home. This page breaks down how to search for warrant records in Lafayette, which agencies handle what, and what tools are open to the public for finding active warrants, bench warrants, and arrest records.
Lafayette Quick Facts
Lafayette City Marshal Warrant Lookup
The Lafayette City Marshal's Office has an online warrant lookup on their website. Go to lafayettemarshal.com and look for the "Look Up Active Warrants" button on the homepage. This tool lets you search for outstanding warrant records issued by Lafayette courts. It is one of the easier online search options in the state.
The City Marshal's Office is at 105 East Convent Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. Phone is (337) 291-8720. The marshal is the primary agency responsible for executing warrants issued by Lafayette City Court. If you find a warrant through the online search, you can call this office to discuss how to handle it. In some cases, especially bench warrant records for failure to appear, you may be able to arrange a new court date instead of waiting to be picked up.
Lafayette Police Department Warrant Records
The Lafayette Police Department is at 900 East University Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70502. Main phone is (337) 291-8600. Email is PIOLPD@lafayettela.gov. The department has a Criminal Investigations Division that handles arrest warrant enforcement along with other divisions including SWAT, K-9, and a Mounted Police Unit.
LPD does not run its own public warrant search tool. Officers enforce warrants from both Lafayette City Court and the 15th Judicial District Court. For warrant records status checks, the City Marshal's online tool or a call to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office warrants line is the faster route. Under La. R.S. 44:1, records requests to the police department are covered by the Louisiana Public Records Law.
| Agency | Lafayette Police Department |
|---|---|
| Address | 900 East University Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70502 |
| Main Phone | (337) 291-8600 |
| PIOLPD@lafayettela.gov | |
| Website | lafayettela.gov |
Lafayette Parish Sheriff Warrant Records
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office main office is at 316 West Main Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. Main phone is (337) 232-9211. Email is lpsoinfo@lafayettesheriff.com. The Warrants line is (337) 236-5830. Records and I.D. is at (337) 236-5845. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
LPSO runs the Civil, Tax, and Warrants Office at 1010 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. This is where warrant service gets coordinated across the parish. The Records Office is at 303 West Vermillion Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. The Lafayette Parish Correctional Center at 916 Lafayette Street, phone (337) 236-5400, holds inmates booked on warrants. You can check booking information through the sheriff's office.
Note: The LPSO warrants line at (337) 236-5830 is the direct number for checking warrant records status in Lafayette Parish.
Lafayette Daily Arrest Report
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office publishes a daily arrest report at lafayettesheriff.com/daily-arrest-report. You can sign up for email updates. The report includes the arrest date and time, address or block, charges, arresting agency, cause for arrest, property, associates, and incident number. This is useful for seeing recent arrests in Lafayette, including people picked up on active warrants.
The daily arrest report does not list all outstanding warrant records. It only shows who has been arrested. For a list of active warrants, use the City Marshal's online lookup or call the LPSO warrants line.
Lafayette Court System Warrant Records
The 15th Judicial District Court at 800 South Buchanan Street, Lafayette, LA 70501 handles felony and state misdemeanor cases. Phone is (337) 291-6400. The Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court at the same address keeps all official case filings. Arrest warrants from this court follow La. C.Cr.P. Art. 202, which requires probable cause. Bench warrants issue for missed court dates.
Lafayette has a consolidated city-parish government. That means city and parish court systems work closely together. Lafayette City Court handles municipal violations and traffic cases. The 15th JDC handles felony-level matters. Both types of warrants go into the parish system so all law enforcement agencies in the area can see and act on them.
Statewide Search Tools
The Louisiana State Police BCII at lsp.org keeps warrant records from all 64 parishes. The Internet Background Check at ibc.dps.louisiana.gov costs $31 total. Under La. R.S. 15:587, the state police control criminal records data release.
Louisiana VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/LA tracks warrant and custody records for free. The Most Wanted warrant list at doc.la.gov/docs-most-wanted covers fugitives statewide. You can review your own criminal history through IdentoGO at uenroll.identogo.com.
Lafayette Parish Warrant Records
Lafayette is the parish seat of Lafayette Parish. All warrant records flow through the parish court system and the sheriff's office. For complete parish-level details, visit the Lafayette Parish warrant records page.
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