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 October 2, 2026.
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, has about 15,000 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 West Feliciana 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: West Feliciana Parish public records, West Feliciana Parish arrest records, West Feliciana Parish warrants, West Feliciana Parish inmate search, West Feliciana Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for West Feliciana Parish
In Louisiana the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from West Feliciana Parish are heard by the District Court for West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the parish at westfelicianaclerkofcourt.org (page title: West Feliciana Clerk of Court | Stewart Hughes), 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 West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish
The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office reported 205 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 West Feliciana Parish arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: West Feliciana Parish in 2025
The one agency in West Feliciana Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 27 violent and 14 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 41 crimes in 2025 against 59 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 West Feliciana Parish public records guide.
The District Attorney for West Feliciana Parish
Charges in West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at felicianasda.org (page title: 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office | Samuel C. D’Aquilla | District Attorney), phone (225) 683-8563, 3117 West Feliciana Parish P.O. Box 1247 St. Francisville, LA 70775, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for West Feliciana Parish
Registered sex offenders living in West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana 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. The parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at wfparish.org/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | WFPG).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for West Feliciana Parish
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for West Feliciana Parish and Louisiana. These criminal records pages from its West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at westfelicianaclerkofcourt.org (page title: West Feliciana Clerk of Court | Stewart Hughes).
How do I get my own Louisiana criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in West Feliciana Parish?
The District Attorney, reached at (225) 683-8563, which files its cases in the District Court for West Feliciana Parish or the City Courts and Parish Courts.
Is this the official West Feliciana 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.