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 October 2, 2026.
Opelousas, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Opelousas comes from a judge of the District Court for St. Landry 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: Opelousas public records, St. Landry Parish warrants, Opelousas arrest records, Opelousas inmate search, Opelousas criminal records, Opelousas court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Opelousas
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Opelousas that means the District Court for St. Landry 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Clerk of Court keeps that file.
For St. Landry Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the parish at stlandry.org/docunet-service/eclerksla-registration-2 (page title: Criminal, Traffic, Civil, & Probate Records (ClerkConnect)), phone (337) 942-5606, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the City Courts and Parish Courts, not to the District Court for St. Landry Parish.
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 Opelousas
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Opelousas (filed by the FBI as Opelousas Police Department) serve warrants in and around Opelousas.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in St. Landry Parish: Louisiana State University at Eunice (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in St. Landry Parish is good anywhere in Louisiana, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the six agencies in St. Landry Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,057 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Opelousas arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Opelousas 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 St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 280 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at stlandry.lavns.org. The Opelousas inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Opelousas on a warrant from another parish is held at the same jail until that parish takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Opelousas
Whether a warrant is out from Opelousas shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (337) 942-5606, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone (337) 948-3041, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the St. Landry Parish pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor's) 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 Opelousas
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Opelousas that means appearing before the District Court for St. Landry Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Court.
A missed date in a case before the City Courts and Parish Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for St. Landry Parish.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at stlandryda.org, phone (337) 948-3041.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Opelousas?
Not from the St. Landry 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) 942-5606.
Who serves warrants in Opelousas?
The agency that reports for Opelousas inside the city and the St. Landry 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 Opelousas held?
At the parish jail, run by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Opelousas 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) 942-5606.
Is this the official Opelousas 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.