Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
New Iberia, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for New Iberia comes from a judge of the District Court for Iberia Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: New Iberia public records, Iberia Parish warrants, New Iberia arrest records, New Iberia inmate search, New Iberia criminal records, New Iberia court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in New Iberia
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For New Iberia that means the District Court for Iberia Parish, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the City Courts and Parish Courts issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Clerk of Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at iberiaclerk.com (page title: Iberia Parish Clerk Of Court | 16th Judicial District Court of Louisiana), phone 337-365-7282, 7282 Find Us 300 Iberia Street Suite 100 New Iberia, LA 70560, Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Louisiana has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in New Iberia
The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Iberia (filed by the FBI as New Iberia Police Department) serve warrants in and around New Iberia.
The agency that serves a warrant from Iberia Parish is whichever one finds the person; an Louisiana warrant is valid across Louisiana.
Together, the two agencies in Iberia Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,169 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in New Iberia arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from New Iberia Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the parish jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 360 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at iberia.lavns.org. The New Iberia inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in New Iberia on a warrant from another parish is held at the same jail until that parish takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in New Iberia
Whether a warrant is out from New Iberia shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at 337-365-7282, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 337-369-4420, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Iberia Parish pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not open to the public in Louisiana, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from New Iberia
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from New Iberia starts with the Clerk of Court at 337-365-7282: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the City Courts and Parish Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Iberia Parish.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at iberiaclerk.com, phone 337-369-4420.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in New Iberia?
Not from the Iberia Parish pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Court at 337-365-7282.
Who serves warrants in New Iberia?
The agency that reports for New Iberia inside the city and the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Louisiana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in New Iberia held?
At the parish jail, run by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from New Iberia cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Court at 337-365-7282.
Is this the official New Iberia website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.