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. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, has about 278,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Tammany Parish comes from a judge of the District Court for St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish public records, St. Tammany Parish arrest records, St. Tammany Parish inmate search, St. Tammany Parish criminal records, St. Tammany Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Tammany Parish
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Tammany Parish that means the District Court for St. Tammany 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.
For St. Tammany Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the parish at sttammanyclerk.org (page title: St. Tammany Clerk of Court), phone (985) 809-8700, 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.
Who Serves Warrants in St. Tammany Parish
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Pearl River and Folsom serve warrants in St. Tammany Parish.
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Tammany Parish is whichever one finds the person; an Louisiana warrant is valid across Louisiana.
Together, the five agencies in St. Tammany Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,366 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Tammany Parish arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 910 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at inmates.stpso.revize.com/bookings. The St. Tammany Parish inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish
The places to check for a warrant from St. Tammany Parish:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (985) 809-8700, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 985-898-3427, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office at inmates.stpso.revize.com/bookings, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the St. Tammany Parish pages SearchSystems verified (the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
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. Tammany Parish
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from St. Tammany Parish that means appearing before the District Court for St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at stpgov.org, phone 985-898-3427.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Tammany Parish?
Not from the St. Tammany Parish pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Court at (985) 809-8700.
Who serves warrants in St. Tammany Parish?
The St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish held?
At the parish jail, run by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Tammany 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 at (985) 809-8700.
Is this the official St. Tammany 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.