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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, has about 140,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tangipahoa Parish comes from a judge of the District Court for Tangipahoa 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: Tangipahoa Parish public records, Tangipahoa Parish arrest records, Tangipahoa Parish inmate search, Tangipahoa Parish criminal records, Tangipahoa Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tangipahoa Parish
In Louisiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tangipahoa Parish that means the District Court for Tangipahoa 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Clerk of Court keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at tangiclerk.org/E-Services/Civil-Record-eSearch (page title: Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court > E-Services > Civil Record eSearch), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Tangipahoa Parish
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite City, Kentwood, Independence, Roseland and one more cities serve warrants in Tangipahoa Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tangipahoa Parish: Southeastern Louisiana University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Tangipahoa 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 seven agencies in Tangipahoa Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,303 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tangipahoa Parish arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, held about 560 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at tpso.org/resource/jail-guide, phone 866-232-1899. The Tangipahoa Parish inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish
The place to check for a warrant from Tangipahoa Parish is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Tangipahoa Parish pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Tangipahoa Parish
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Tangipahoa Parish that means appearing before the District Court for Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Tangipahoa Parish?
Not from the Tangipahoa 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.
Who serves warrants in Tangipahoa Parish?
The Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish held?
At the parish jail, run by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa 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.