Search St. Tammany Parish Criminal Court Records
Current St. Tammany Parish criminal court records are searched through re:SearchLA, the statewide case-access portal linked by the Clerk of Court. The Clerk's Criminal Department processes and maintains misdemeanor, felony, juvenile, non-support, and traffic records. For older e-certified criminal court records entered prior to 4/25/19, the Clerk identifies its legacy portal as the relevant older access path.
Search by exact case number when possible. If the case number is unknown, use the defendant's name, then narrow by St. Tammany Parish, 22nd Judicial District, filing date, and criminal case category when those fields are available. Full document access may require registration, permissions, or Clerk-certified copies.
- Open re:SearchLA from the Clerk online-services page.
- Use case number for exact search or party-name fields for a broader search.
- Filter to St. Tammany Parish or the 22nd Judicial District when the location control appears.
- Open the case result and review charges, docket events, hearings, documents, and disposition.
- Contact the Clerk Criminal Department if the record is sealed, juvenile, too old, or needs certified-copy handling.
The screenshot source below is the Clerk Criminal Department.
The Clerk Criminal Department is the local custodian to use when online criminal court records need official confirmation or copies.
St. Tammany Parish Criminal Case Flow
A criminal court record begins after the arrest and charging stage produces a filed case. The District Attorney reviews prosecution decisions, and the Clerk maintains the filed criminal case once it is opened in court. That file then grows through arraignment, motions, hearings, plea or trial, disposition, and sentencing. For the charge-focused arrest-to-court path, see the St. Tammany Parish arrest records and charges page.
Charges Filed > Arraignment > Pretrial Motions > Plea or Trial > Disposition > Sentencing
The 22nd JDC calendar adds the schedule layer. It lists felony jury trial weeks, misdemeanor settings, juvenile court, felony motions, child support cases, drug court matters, civil motions, felony pre-trials, family matters, and arraignments. A docket date does not replace the criminal court record, but it helps explain where the case is in the court process.
What St. Tammany Parish Criminal Court Records Show
The criminal case file is the best source for court outcome questions. It may show the filed charge, but it also shows what happened after filing. That is why a criminal court record can be more useful than a booking record when checking whether a charge was dismissed, reduced, pled, tried, sentenced, appealed, sealed, or expunged.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | The criminal case identifier used for search and copy requests. |
| Defendant | The person charged in the filed criminal case. |
| State of Louisiana | The prosecuting party in the criminal case. |
| Charge / statute | The offense filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, or resolved. |
| Arraignment | The court event where the charge and plea are addressed. |
| Motions and hearings | Defense or prosecution requests, rulings, continuances, pre-trials, and trial dates. |
| Plea or verdict | Guilty, not guilty, no contest, trial result, acquittal, or other outcome when public. |
| Disposition and sentence | Dismissal, conviction, probation, jail or prison sentence, fines, costs, or closed status. |
| Restrictions | Juvenile, sealed, expunged, or redacted information that may not be public. |
DA Role in St. Tammany Parish Criminal Records
The 22nd Judicial District Attorney is J. Collin Sims, District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District. The St. Tammany Parish Criminal Division is at 701 N. Columbia Street in Covington, with phone 985-809-8383 and communicate@22da.com. The DA's role is prosecution, not record custody, but DA decisions shape what charges are filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, or brought to plea or trial.
The public defender system is also part of the criminal court record ecosystem. Louisiana Public Defender District 22 covers St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, with a St. Tammany office at 402 North Jefferson Avenue in Covington and separate contacts for felony, city court, juvenile, CINC, and non-support matters. Counsel activity may appear in the docket when public.
The source image below comes from the District Attorney contact page.
The DA contact source helps place prosecution activity in the same Justice Center ecosystem as the Clerk and District Court.
Charges vs Convictions in St. Tammany Parish
A charge is an accusation filed into court. A conviction is a finding of guilt by plea or trial. A criminal court record may contain both, but they should not be read as the same thing. One arrest can lead to several charges, and each charge can have its own status. A charge can remain pending, be amended, be reduced, be dismissed, result in a plea, or lead to conviction after trial.
| Point | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | An accusation filed or accepted in court | A legal finding of guilt by plea or trial |
| Record stage | Early or pending case stage | Disposition or sentencing stage |
| Can change | May be amended, reduced, dismissed, or dropped | May later be appealed, set aside, sealed, or expunged if law allows |
| Where shown | Charge list, docket, bill of information, indictment, or minutes | Disposition, plea, verdict, sentencing minutes, or judgment |
State Criminal History Is Separate
A St. Tammany Parish criminal court record is not the same as a statewide background check. The Louisiana State Police criminal background check channel is the state criminal-history source identified in the research. It may be needed when a person needs a state-level criminal history rather than the court file from one parish case.
State criminal history can summarize arrest or conviction data from multiple agencies. The court record, by contrast, shows the local filed case, court events, pleadings, orders, dispositions, and sentence in the 22nd Judicial District Court. Both can be useful, but errors must be corrected through the agency that owns the record.
The source image below comes from the Louisiana State Police background check page.
That state channel should not be used as a replacement for Clerk-certified St. Tammany Parish criminal court records.
Sealed and Expunged Criminal Court Records
Sealed and expunged records are public-access limits, not proof that nothing occurred. A sealed criminal court record is hidden from ordinary public access by law or court order. An expunged criminal court record is restricted under Louisiana's expungement framework after statutory criteria and a court order. Law enforcement and certain agencies may still retain limited access.
| Point | Sealed | Expunged |
|---|---|---|
| Public visibility | Restricted from ordinary public view | Removed from public-facing access after order |
| How it happens | By statute or court order | By petition, agency service, eligibility review, and court order |
| Common effect | Portal may show limited or no details | Public search may return no result |
| Limits | Authorized users may retain access | Not the same as physical destruction of all agency records |
The source image below comes from the Louisiana expungement article series.
Eligibility depends on the charge, disposition, waiting period, prior record, and court order, so the Clerk or counsel should confirm case-specific steps.
Restricted St. Tammany Parish Criminal Court Records
Juvenile records are the clearest restricted category. The Clerk Criminal Department processes juvenile records, and the court calendar lists juvenile court, but juvenile files are not treated like ordinary adult criminal records. Access may be limited to parties, counsel, agencies, or court-authorized persons. Adoption, commitment, protective-order, minor identity, medical, and personal identifying data can also be restricted or redacted in related court files.
The source image below comes from the Louisiana juvenile confidentiality source area.
Juvenile confidentiality is why a criminal docket search may be incomplete even when the court handled the matter.
Important: Do not treat a charge entry as a conviction unless the disposition or sentencing record confirms it.
Defense Contacts and Court Programs
Criminal court records can also show referrals, hearings, and conditions tied to specialty programs when public. The 22nd JDC specialty court system includes Adult Drug Court, Drug Court Co-Occurring Track 2, Family Preservation Court, Court Intervention Services, Re-Entry Court, Sobriety/DWI Court, and Veterans Court. Court Intervention Services is aimed at people recently arrested who may need mental-health or substance-abuse treatment, while Veterans Court requires DA approval based on criminal history and military records.
The source image below comes from the 22nd Judicial District Public Defender Office.
Public defender and specialty court information helps explain court events, but the official filed record still comes from the Clerk and court systems.
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