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 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, has about 51,000 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 St. Martin 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, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: St. Martin Parish public records, St. Martin Parish arrest records, St. Martin Parish warrants, St. Martin Parish inmate search, St. Martin Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for St. Martin Parish
In Louisiana the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from St. Martin Parish are heard by the District Court for St. Martin 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at stmartinparishclerkofcourt.com.usitestat.com (page title: Welcome to the St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court website. Thank you for visiting. | stmartinparishclerkofcourt), phone (337) 394-2210, 279 St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court. Physical Address. 415 St. Martin Street St. Martinville, LA 70582, Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., 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
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 St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville keep the arrest records in St. Martin 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.
The Broussard Police Department and the Arnaudville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including St. Martin Parish, so their arrests are not broken out for St. Martin Parish here.
Together, the two agencies in St. Martin Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,716 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 St. Martin Parish arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: St. Martin Parish in 2025
The one agency in St. Martin Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 134 violent and 429 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 563 crimes in 2025 against 673 in 2024. 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 St. Martin Parish public records guide.
The District Attorney for St. Martin Parish
Charges in St. Martin Parish are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the parish and brings the cases in the District Court for St. Martin Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at 16jda.com (page title: 16th Judicial District of Louisiana District Attorney's Office | New Iberia, LA), phone (337) 394-2220, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for St. Martin Parish
Registered sex offenders living in St. Martin 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 St. Martin 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. Martin Parish
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for St. Martin Parish and Louisiana. These criminal records pages from its St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at stmartinparishclerkofcourt.com.usitestat.com (page title: Welcome to the St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court website. Thank you for visiting. | stmartinparishclerkofcourt.).
How do I get my own Louisiana criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in St. Martin Parish?
The District Attorney, reached at (337) 394-2220, which files its cases in the District Court for St. Martin Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts.
Is this the official St. Martin 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.