Search St. Tammany Parish Court Records

Search Current St. Tammany Parish Court Records

The main current case-search path is re:SearchLA, the statewide Tyler-hosted portal linked by the St. Tammany Parish Clerk online services page. The Clerk directs users to sign up for re:SearchLA to view civil and criminal court records. For St. Tammany Parish court records, this means current District Court civil and criminal files usually start with re:SearchLA rather than a county-only database.

The search works best when the record type is clear before the search starts. Civil, domestic, succession, tutorship, adoption, commitment, and appeal files are tied to the Clerk Civil Department. Felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, non-support, and traffic records are tied to the Clerk Criminal Department. That department split matters because a broad name search can return mixed results, while a case type or date range can narrow the St. Tammany Parish court record to the right file.

1. Open re:SearchLA from the Clerk online-services page, then register or sign in if the portal asks for an account.
2. Search by case number if known. If not, use party name fields and narrow to St. Tammany Parish or the 22nd Judicial District when that option is shown.
3. Use case category and filing-date fields to separate civil, criminal, domestic, probate-style succession, traffic, and non-support records.
4. Review the result for case number, parties, court, status, docket entries, hearings, and document links.
5. Contact the Clerk department that owns the file if the online record is incomplete, sealed, too old, or requires a certified copy.

Older St. Tammany Parish Court Records

Older St. Tammany Parish court records may sit outside the current re:SearchLA path. The Clerk identifies a separate legacy public records and e-certification portal for Archives, Assessor Tax Rolls, Land Records, Marriage Licenses, and e-Certify Civil and Criminal Court Records entered prior to 4/25/19. Login is required for that portal, so it should be treated as an authenticated Clerk service rather than an open anonymous index.

The legacy portal is especially useful when the desired court record overlaps with land, marriage, archives, or older e-certified files. Successions may also leave related land-record documents, such as a judgment of possession. Historical court record work can also require the Clerk Archives Department, which preserves St. Tammany Parish history and genealogy records dating back to 1810.

The Louisiana public records definition statute is shown in the screenshot source below. That statewide framework helps explain why the custodian matters: the Clerk, not a third-party index, controls court-file access and certification.

That statute supports access to public records, while the Clerk's local systems decide which St. Tammany Parish court record channel applies.

St. Tammany Parish Court Records Search Fields

re:SearchLA field labels may vary by account status and portal screen, but the official research inventory identifies the core controls used for current civil and criminal court records. These fields help locate the case file and avoid mixing St. Tammany Parish court records with other Louisiana parishes or unrelated parties.

Types of St. Tammany Parish Court Records

The Clerk of Court is the main custodian for St. Tammany Parish court records, but the owning department depends on the file. The Civil Department maintains civil suits, domestic suits, adoptions, commitments, successions, tutorships, and appeals. The Criminal Department maintains misdemeanor, felony, juvenile, non-support, and traffic records. Marriage licenses and vital-record copy services route through Personal Document Services, while older archive work may route to Archives.

These categories are not just labels. They tell the requester which office to call, which portal to try, and which limits may apply. A divorce is a domestic suit, not a sheriff record. A succession is a civil court matter that may also produce a land-recorded judgment. A traffic violation may be maintained by the Clerk Criminal Department and may also involve District Attorney prosecution if it is a state traffic-law ticket in the 22nd Judicial District.

• Civil court records include petitions, answers, motions, orders, judgments, service returns, and appeal activity.
• Criminal court records include charges, arraignments, motions, pleas, sentencing minutes, warrants, bond data, and dispositions.
• Domestic court records include divorce, custody, support, protective-order components, and related family filings.
• Succession and tutorship records are Louisiana probate-style files handled through the civil side of District Court.
• Traffic and non-support court records are listed under the Clerk Criminal Department.

What St. Tammany Parish Court Records Show

A court record is more than one document. It can include an index entry, a docket log, minute entries, pleadings, orders, judgments, certificates, and hearing data. In St. Tammany Parish, the same file may show the 22nd Judicial District Court, a division or judge, a filing date, a case category, party names, attorney names, upcoming hearings, document links, financial fields, and the final disposition.

Public Access to St. Tammany Parish Court Records

Louisiana public-records law frames public access, but the practical route is still the custodian. For St. Tammany Parish court records, the custodian is usually the Clerk of Court. Louisiana public-record access provisions support inspection and copying through the record custodian, subject to exceptions. Court files also follow court rules, sealing orders, privacy redactions, and e-filing rules.

The electronic record rules matter because the Clerk links e-filing and e-certification services. Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 253 covers filing pleadings and documents with the clerk. La. R.S. 9:2602 defines electronic records and signatures, while La. R.S. 9:2603 defines the scope and exceptions for electronic records and signatures.

The screenshot source for Louisiana electronic record definitions is La. R.S. 9:2602.

Those electronic-record rules help explain why online viewing, e-filing, and e-certified copies are related services but not the same service.

Restricted St. Tammany Parish Court Records

Some St. Tammany Parish court records are not treated like ordinary public files. Juvenile cases are restricted under Louisiana juvenile confidentiality provisions. Adoption records and mental-health commitment records may be sealed or partly confidential. Personal identifying information such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical details, and minor names can be redacted from otherwise public records.

Adult criminal files may also disappear from public-facing search after expungement or sealing. Louisiana's expungement framework can remove qualifying records from public access after statutory criteria and a court order. A public search returning no result does not prove that no arrest or case ever existed. It may mean the case is sealed, expunged, juvenile, not indexed, too old for the portal, or held by a different court or agency.

The screenshot source for Louisiana public-record access is the Title 44 access provision.

Access rights and access limits must be read together because the same law allows inspection while preserving exceptions.

In-Person St. Tammany Parish Court Records Requests

When online search is incomplete, the Clerk's office is the fallback for St. Tammany Parish court records. The main Covington office is at the Justice Center, and the Slidell Annex provides an east-parish counter. Use the Civil Department for civil, domestic, successions, tutorships, commitments, adoptions, and appeals. Use the Criminal Department for felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, non-support, traffic, and charge-related case records.

The screenshot source for electronic-record scope is La. R.S. 9:2603.

The scope rule reinforces a key search point: electronic records help access, but some original documents and restricted court records still require Clerk review.