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 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Patterson, Louisiana, in St. Mary Parish, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Patterson comes from a judge of the District Court for St. Mary 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: Patterson public records, St. Mary Parish warrants, Patterson arrest records, Patterson inmate search, Patterson police reports, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Patterson
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Patterson that means the District Court for St. Mary 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.
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 Patterson
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Patterson (filed by the FBI as Patterson Police Department) serve warrants in and around Patterson.
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Mary Parish is whichever one finds the person; an Louisiana warrant is valid across Louisiana.
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; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Patterson arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Patterson 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. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 18 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at stmaryso.com/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1. The Patterson inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Patterson on a warrant from another parish is held at the same jail until that parish takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Patterson
The place to check for a warrant from Patterson is the custody page of the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office at stmaryso.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one St. Mary Parish page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 Patterson
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Patterson that means appearing before the District Court for St. Mary 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. Mary Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Patterson?
Not from the St. Mary Parish pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of Court.
Who serves warrants in Patterson?
The agency that reports for Patterson inside the city and the St. Mary 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 Patterson held?
At the parish jail, run by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Patterson 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.
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.