Grant Parish Warrant Records

Grant Parish warrant records are managed by the sheriff's office in Colfax, Louisiana. There is no dedicated online warrant database for Grant Parish, though the 35th Judicial District Court does offer a limited online docket. Most warrant checks require a phone call or a visit to the sheriff's office. This page covers how to find and search the offices, contacts, and steps for searching warrant records in Grant Parish.

Grant Parish Sheriff's Office Warrant Records

The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office is at 205 Cypress Street in Colfax, LA 71417. Sheriff Steven McCain leads the office. The main phone is (318) 627-3261. The business line is (318) 627-2035. The fax is (318) 627-4114. The mailing address is P.O. Box 187, Colfax, LA 71417. You can email the office at info@grantso.org.

The Grant Parish Sheriff's website provides contact details and services like bonding information, offender mail instructions, and road closures. The office notes that the website contact form is not for official public records requests. Those should be made in person or by mail.

Office hours follow standard business hours, Monday through Friday. To check for a warrant, call (318) 627-3261 with the full name and date of birth of the person you want to look up warrant records. The staff can check the system while you wait on the line. You can also visit in person to search records at the Cypress Street location. Bring a photo ID.

Grant Parish Warrant Records and Jail

The Grant Parish Detention Facility is at 485 Richardson Drive in Colfax, LA 71417. Phone is (318) 627-3724. The prison fax is (318) 627-4113. Warden Chance Durand runs the facility with Assistant Warden MiChelle Pittman.

This facility houses offenders from Grant Parish and the towns of Colfax, Montgomery, Dry Prong, Creola, Georgetown, and Pollock. It also holds inmates for various state and federal agencies. If someone gets booked and arrested on a warrant record in Grant Parish, they go through booking here. You can call the detention facility at (318) 627-3724 to check if someone is in custody.

Note: For city-level warrants in Grant Parish, you may need to contact the individual city courts at (318) 646-9226, (318) 627-9978, or (318) 640-7898.

Search Grant Parish Warrant Records

Grant Parish does not have a dedicated online warrant search tool. However, the 35th Judicial District Court maintains an online warrant records judicial docket page that shows current cases. This docket may include warrant-related filings, though it is not a full warrant search database. For a complete warrant check, you still need to contact the sheriff's office to search records by phone at (318) 627-3261 or visit in person.

The Grant Parish Clerk of Court is Randall K. "Randy" Briggs. The clerk's office is at 200 Main Street, P.O. Box 263, Colfax, LA 71417. Phone is (318) 627-3246, fax is (318) 627-3201. The clerk's website has information about public records. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Under La. R.S. 44:1, warrant records are public once filed with the court.

The district attorney for Grant Parish is James "Jay" P. Lemoine. Phone is (318) 627-3205. The DA works with the sheriff to process warrants through the 35th Judicial District Court. Arrest warrants in Grant Parish follow La. C.Cr.P. Art. 202, which covers the basis for issuing them.

The IBC system shown above is one statewide tool that can help search for criminal warrant records tied to Grant Parish warrants.

Louisiana Statewide Warrant Resources

The Louisiana State Police BCII at lsp.org maintains criminal warrant records from all 64 parishes, including Grant Parish. The IBC at ibc.dps.louisiana.gov costs $31 to search and runs a name-based criminal records search. That fee breaks down to $26 for processing and $5 for the technology fee that took effect December 1, 2024. Results come back fast. Under La. R.S. 15:587, the state police control access to these warrant records. The IBC may show warrant arrest records tied to Grant Parish warrant records, but it is not a real-time warrant records check.

You can review your own criminal record through IdentoGO fingerprinting under La. R.S. 15:588. Louisiana VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/LA lets you track custody status across all 64 parishes for free. If someone gets booked on a Grant Parish warrant, VINE will show the booking record and you can sign up for warrant records alerts when their status changes. The state Most Wanted warrant list at doc.la.gov/docs-most-wanted shows records of fugitives with active warrant records across Louisiana who may have Grant Parish ties.

Nearby Parishes

Grant Parish sits in central Louisiana. Each neighboring parish has its own sheriff and court system for handling warrant records.