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 October 2, 2026.
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Martin Parish comes from a judge of the District Court for St. Martin 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: St. Martin Parish public records, St. Martin Parish arrest records, St. Martin Parish inmate search, St. Martin Parish police reports, St. Martin Parish property records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Martin Parish
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Martin Parish that means the District Court for St. Martin 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.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Clerk of Court.
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 St. Martin Parish
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville serve warrants in St. Martin Parish.
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.
A warrant issued in St. Martin Parish is good anywhere in Louisiana, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
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; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Martin Parish arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Martin Parish 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. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 190 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at stmartinsheriff.org/correctional/corrections-parish-jail-st-martinv.... The St. Martin Parish inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Martin Parish on a warrant from another parish is held at the same jail until that parish takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in St. Martin Parish
The one St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from St. Martin Parish that means appearing before the District Court for St. Martin 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. Martin Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in St. Martin Parish?
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Louisiana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in St. Martin Parish held?
At the parish jail, run by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Martin Parish 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 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.