Access Lafayette Parish Warrant Records

Lafayette Parish warrant records are accessible through the sheriff to access's office, the clerk of court, and several online tools in Lafayette, Louisiana. The sheriff's office recently replaced its old JADES system with a new Community Portal that shows inmate and arrest warrant records. You can also search the daily warrant arrest records report, use the LPSO mobile app, or contact the warrant records at the 15th Judicial District Court. This page covers how to find and search every method for finding warrant records in Lafayette Parish.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Warrant Records

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is at 919 West Pinhook Road in Lafayette, LA 70503. Sheriff Mark Garber leads the office. The main phone is (337) 232-9211. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The LPSO website provides records about warrant records and services, including inmate searches, arrest warrant records reports, and tax payments.

The 15th Judicial District Court has posted a clear instruction on its site: "If you have questions about a possible warrant, please call the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office (337) 232-9211." The court also warns about a jury duty scam. Scammers pose as law enforcement and claim you missed jury duty, then demand payment. The sheriff's office never requests payment by phone. If someone contacts you this way, do not send money and check with law enforcement immediately.

The Lafayette Parish Correctional Center (LPCC) handles all bookings and jail operations for the parish warrant records. If someone is arrested on a warrant, they will be booked into LPCC. The facility provides inmate information, charge details, warrant bond amounts, and cell location through the new Community Portal.

Search Lafayette Parish Warrant Records Online

In September 2024, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office replaced the old JADES (Jail Active Data Environment Systems) system with a new jail management system built on the 365Labs Community Portal. The LPSO website notes: "The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office has implemented a new jail management system to replace its former system, JADES. Users can access the same information previously available on JADES, with the exception of a few features which will be rolled out as they become available."

The new Community Portal shows records of currently housed inmates and recently booked offenders within the last 72 hours. You can look up charge information, warrant bond records details, and cell location. A step-by-step guide is available to access on the warrant records website. The LPSO also has a mobile app that lets you search for inmates, look up recent arrests, check warrant inquiries, and pay taxes.

One thing to note: some demographic information is missing in the new Community Portal. The website states that "Date of Birth, Race, Height, Weight, Hair Color" will be added later while the transition from JADES continues. The Offender Locator system through the Louisiana Department of Corrections is updated every 24 hours.

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's homepage is shown below.

The site links to the warrant daily warrant arrest records report, inmate search, and the new Community Portal.

Note: The LPSO mobile app offers the same warrant records inquiry features as the website and is available to access for download.

Lafayette Parish Warrant Records Reports

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office publishes a daily warrant arrest records report that shows arrests by date. Each entry includes the person's name, age, arrest date and time, address, charges, arresting agency, and the cause for arrest. You can subscribe to receive daily warrant arrest records reports by email. This report covers warrant arrests in Lafayette Parish as well as new arrests.

The daily warrant arrest records report page is shown below.

This tool lets you see who was arrested each day in Lafayette Parish, including those picked up on active warrants.

The offender information page shows the new Community Portal that replaced the old JADES system.

Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court

The Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court is Louis J. Perret. The office is at 800 South Buchanan Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. Records phone is (337) 291-6400. The clerk's website provides records about court warrant records and services. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The 15th Judicial District Court handles all criminal warrant cases in Lafayette Parish.

For online court records, the clerk participates in eClerksLA, which offers free index searches for land, civil, marriage, and probate records. ClerkConnect provides subscription-based access to more detailed records. Traffic fines are collected by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department, and online ticket payments are available.

Under La. R.S. 44:1, warrant records are public once filed. La. R.S. 15:587 governs the release of criminal warrant records data by the state police for warrant records. You can check your own warrant record by searching through IdentoGO under La. R.S. 15:588. The IBC at ibc.dps.louisiana.gov costs $31 to search for a statewide name-based search.

Cities in Lafayette Parish

Lafayette Parish includes the city of Lafayette, the parish seat for warrant records and largest city. For city-specific warrant information, see our Lafayette page. The Lafayette City Marshal's Office also maintains its own warrants list for city court cases. Louisiana VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/LA tracks warrant and custody records across the state warrant records.

Nearby Parishes

Lafayette Parish sits in south-central Louisiana, also known as Acadiana. Each neighboring parish has its own sheriff and court warrant records system for warrant records for warrant records.