Checking for a Warrant in Edgard
Edgard runs no police department of its own. A warrant check here splits between two offices in St. John the Baptist Parish. The court in Edgard controls the order, while the Sheriff publishes the public list and keeps the reports.
- Open the Sheriff's home page and follow the Active Warrants link from there.
- Call the 40th Judicial District Court at (985) 497-3331 about a date, a bond, or a recall.
- Ask the Clerk of Court which division signed the paper and what it requires.
- Call the Sheriff's Records Division at (985) 359-8873 for a report copy.
- Use corrections at (985) 359-8622 if the person may already be in custody.
Edgard Is the Parish Seat
Home to 1,948 people in 2020, Edgard ranks fourth among the parish's communities. It serves as the parish seat. Yet it remains a census-designated place, not an incorporated city. The regional planning source notes that St. John the Baptist Parish has no municipal governments at all. The legal institutions in Edgard exist because of the seat role, not because the community runs them. A small population can still sit at the center of a parish system.
Edgard Police and Municipal Court
No city warrant desk sits in Edgard. Neither a police department nor a municipal court exists there. The parish Sheriff's Office handles law enforcement, and limited lower-court matters go to a justice of the peace district. What sets Edgard apart from its neighbors is the courthouse. The trial court is local, even though the police and records operations are not.
Inside the 40th Courthouse in Edgard
The 40th Judicial District Court covers one parish with three divisions, each with a single judge. Every jury and bench trial is heard in Edgard. The docket also includes west-bank traffic and misdemeanor cases, monthly felony motions, drug court, and truancy court.
40th Judicial District Court
2393 Highway 18, Edgard, LA 70049
(985) 497-3331
Clerk of Court, Edgard Office
2393 Highway 18, Edgard, LA 70049
Mail: P.O. Box 280, Edgard, LA 70049
The court opens weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., minus listed holidays. The duty judge acts as committing magistrate, handling bail, property-bond orders, and search and arrest warrants. That duty rotates among the divisions each month.
Confirm the schedule before you drive in. The rotation changes who signs an order, but the court still sits in Edgard.
Edgard Warrant Types
Court papers carry several labels, and the exact wording decides what happens next.
| Warrant Type | How It Arises | Who Issues It |
|---|---|---|
| Bench warrant | A missed appearance or a court order that was not followed | The issuing division |
| Capias | A court command for arrest | The issuing division |
| Attachment | An order to secure an appearance or custody | The issuing division |
| Contempt warrant | A contempt finding or an unmet court obligation | The issuing division |
| Arrest warrant | A sworn complaint and probable-cause review | Judge or magistrate |
| Traffic warrant | An unmet citation obligation | The district court or a justice of the peace |
Confirming an Edgard Bench Warrant
A bench warrant usually traces back to a missed date. Louisiana law tells the court to issue a warrant when someone who got proper notice fails to appear. Notice must also go to the defendant and to any surety or bail agent. The statute carries a 60-day provision as well. For a caller, the practical step is plain. Phone the Clerk, ask which division holds the case, and find out what comes next. Do not show up at the courthouse to settle it in person, since an open warrant can mean immediate custody. The county bench warrant route walks through the same process from the court side. It explains the difference between a recall, an appearance, and a bond, all steps an Edgard defendant may face. Any of them still ends with the issuing court in Edgard deciding the outcome.
Inside an Edgard Warrant Record
When a caller asks about a warrant, the Clerk works from a short set of fields to pull the Edgard record.
| Case number | Locates the file; formats vary, roughly CR-2026-##### |
|---|---|
| Order type | Bench warrant, capias, attachment, or contempt label |
| Division | Which of the three divisions signed the order |
| Offense | The charge or obligation behind it |
| Bond | Set by the court, and worth confirming before acting |
| Status | Active, served, or recalled, as the court now reads it |
Edgard Questions for the Sheriff
The Sheriff's Records Division and the Warrants and Process Server Division share the Percy Hebert Building at 1801 W. Airline Highway in LaPlace. The courthouse location changes none of that. An Edgard caller still reaches the Sheriff in LaPlace at (985) 359-8873 for records and (985) 359-8799 for service questions. Written requests go to Sheriff Mike Tregre at P.O. Box 1600, LaPlace, LA 70069, or by email to records.request@stjohnsheriff.org. Copies follow the published fee schedule. Want another person's record? That takes a signed release.
How Edgard Warrants Fit the County System
A parish case ends up in Edgard; it does not run on a separate system. The district court issues or recalls the order. The Sheriff's Office or a constable serves it. Louisiana offers no statewide public warrant database, so the parish channels carry the weight.
Warrant flow: court order › Sheriff's Office or constable › custody at the parish prison if the person is arrested
Edgard readers who want the wider view can find it in one place. The St. John the Baptist Parish warrant records page covers the portal and the records request.
The Closed LaPlace Courthouse
The court's own site lists a former Eastbank courthouse at 1020 Cambridge Drive in LaPlace and marks it closed. Court is not being held at the Arcuri Center either, the site states, because of Hurricane Ida destruction. No hearing is scheduled there. The Clerk's Eastbank office at 1811 W. Airline Highway is a different building. It stays open for filings on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closing from noon to 1 p.m. Filings there go to Edgard daily.
Travel check: a filing office is not a courtroom, so confirm the hearing location with the court office before driving anywhere.
Edgard Warrant Records and Public Access
Louisiana opens most government records but holds back certain categories, and Edgard pending criminal matters sit among the exceptions.
Key Rules:
La. R.S. 44:1 - defines a public record and the office that keeps it.
La. R.S. 44:3 - covers law-enforcement records and the exceptions that apply to them.
Children's Code art. 412 - limits access to juvenile court records.
Edgard Forms and Warrant Clearance
The Clerk publishes criminal forms at the Edgard courthouse. The set covers a motion for expungement, an interim expungement, supplements for arrests that did not lead to conviction, a motion to set aside, a certificate of waiver, and a defendant address-change form. Fingerprints and an arrest report from the Sheriff may be required. Clerk staff cannot complete a form or give legal advice. Judge pages list related forms too, such as the Division B page, which shows what that division offers.
No form here clears a warrant in Edgard. Expungement or set-aside relief only touches a record after the case ends. Ask the court about the warrant first, and talk with an attorney about any filing.