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.
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, has about 68,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Iberia Parish. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Iberia Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Iberia Parish
The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Iberia Parish. It reported 303 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Iberia Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- New Iberia, 26,849 residents: 866 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jeanerette, 4,557 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Iberia Parish
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- New Iberia: 866 for 2025 and 766 for 2024.
- Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office: 303 for 2025 and 271 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,169 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,169 in 2025 against 1,037 in 2024, up 13 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Iberia Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Iberia Parish and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 360 people, down from about 400 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 512 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office at iberia.lavns.org (page title: Iberia Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Iberia Parish
Whether someone was arrested in Iberia Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Iberia Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at iberiaclerk.com, phone 337-365-7282); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at iberiaclerk.com/services/district-attorneys-office, phone 337-369-4420).
Louisiana does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Iberia Parish
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in New Iberia or Jeanerette: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 337-369-4420, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Iberia Parish, through the court records page at iberiaclerk.com, phone 337-365-7282.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at iberiaparishgovernment.com (page title: Public Records Request Us | Iberia Parish Government).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Iberia Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Iberia Parish: New Iberia and Jeanerette. Loreauville has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for Iberia Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Iberia Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- New Iberia (26,849)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Iberia Parish each year?
New Iberia reported 866 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,169 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Iberia Parish?
Ask the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at iberia.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Iberia Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Iberia Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Iberia 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Iberia Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the answer is due within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at iberiaparishgovernment.com.
Is this the official Iberia Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.