Reviewed and updated October 9, 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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Red River Parish, Louisiana, has about 7,200 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 Red River Parish is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Red River Parish public records, Red River Parish arrest records, Red River Parish warrants, Red River Parish inmate search, Red River Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Red River Parish
In Louisiana the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Red River Parish are heard by the District Court for Red River 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 Red River Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the parish at redriverclerk.com (page title: Red River Parish Clerk of Court), phone (318) 932-6741, 615 East Carroll St Coushatta, LA 71019, Mon - Fri 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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
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 file in the District Court for Red River Parish is the public record.
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 Red River Parish
The Red River Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Coushatta keep the arrest records in Red River Parish: 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.
Coushatta reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025; 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 Red River Parish arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Red River Parish in 2023
The one agency in Red River Parish with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 28 violent and 103 property crimes to the FBI that year. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Red River Parish public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Red River Parish
Registered sex offenders living in Red River Parish 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 Red River 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 Red River Parish
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Red River Parish and Louisiana. These criminal records pages from its Red River 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 Red River Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Red River 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 Red River Parish criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at redriverclerk.com (page title: Red River Parish Clerk of Court).
How do I get my own Louisiana criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Is this the official Red River 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.