Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Patterson, Louisiana, in St. Mary Parish, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Louisiana the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Patterson is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Patterson public records, St. Mary Parish criminal records, Patterson arrest records, Patterson warrants, Patterson inmate search, Patterson court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for St. Mary Parish
In Louisiana the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Patterson are heard by the District Court for St. Mary Parish, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the City Courts and Parish Courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small civil claims; mayor's courts handle town ordinance tickets, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of Court.
For St. Mary Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the parish at 16jdc.org (page title: 16th Judicial District Court), phone 337-369-4410, 300 Iberia Street, New Iberia, LA 70560, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Louisiana has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Louisiana Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is closed to the public in Louisiana: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at ibc.dps.louisiana.gov.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Patterson
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Patterson (filed by the FBI as Patterson Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Patterson: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the three agencies in St. Mary Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,513 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Patterson arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Patterson in 2025
The agency that reports for Patterson had 11 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The District Attorney for St. Mary Parish
The District Attorney decides which arrests in St. Mary Parish become charges and files them in the District Court for St. Mary Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at 16jda.com (page title: 16th Judicial District of Louisiana District Attorney's Office | New Iberia, LA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Patterson
Registered sex offenders living in Patterson are listed on the Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, run by the Louisiana State Police at lsp.org. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in St. Mary Parish for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Louisiana Public Records Law a parish office must answer a request within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for St. Mary Parish
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for St. Mary Parish and Louisiana. These criminal records pages from its St. Mary Parish listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- LA Sex Offender Registry (doc.la.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Patterson?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for St. Mary Parish are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Louisiana Public Records Law.
Can I search Patterson criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at 16jdc.org (page title: 16th Judicial District Court).
How do I get my own Louisiana criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in Patterson?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the District Court for St. Mary Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts.
Is this the official Patterson 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.