Tensas Parish Warrant Records Tensas Parish Warrant Records

We are a private reference site, so most questions about an official Tensas Parish warrant belong with a government office rather than with us. The guidance below routes each kind of question to the office that actually holds the record, whether that is the clerk of court, the sheriff, a Mayor's Court, or a justice of the peace. For anything about a live case, contact those offices directly. They can confirm a record, and we cannot.

This Is Not a Government or Law Enforcement Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot confirm whether a warrant exists, recall or clear one, post bond, arrange a surrender, or give legal advice. For any of those, reach the issuing court or the sheriff's office directly.

Need Official Warrant Information?

Here is where the questions most readers ask should go in Tensas Parish:

  • Whether a warrant exists: start with the court that set the case. For a felony or misdemeanor file, that is the Tensas Parish Clerk of Court, which keeps the Sixth Judicial District Court criminal record.
  • A bench warrant for a missed court date: contact the court that issued the setting. A town matter belongs to that Mayor's Court, and a precinct matter belongs to the justice of the peace for that ward.
  • Traffic and ordinance warrants: call the town that wrote the citation, since a local docket is not held by the parish.
  • Service, booking, or bond questions: contact the sheriff's office, which serves process and handles the custody and bond route once a court has issued an order.
  • Resolving or clearing a warrant: talk to a licensed Louisiana attorney and the issuing court about a recall, a reset date, a surrender, or bond.

Official counters and phone numbers for these offices are listed below. Confirm the hours before traveling, because office schedules change without notice.

Where to Get Records and Answers

These are the published contacts for the offices that hold Tensas Parish court and warrant records. Each office answers only for its own records.

  • Tensas Parish Clerk of Court, criminal department: 201 Hancock Street, Courthouse Square, Saint Joseph, LA 71366; mailing P.O. Box 78; 318-766-3921; fax 318-766-3926. Public hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
  • Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office administration: 212 Hancock Street, Suite B, Saint Joseph, LA 71366; 318-766-3499; fax 318-766-3498. Ask which office can confirm an active warrant and where a surrender or bond question is routed.
  • Tensas Parish Detention Center: 8606 Highway 65, Waterproof, LA 71375; 318-749-5810; fax 318-749-5811. Ask about intake and booking only after a court or the sheriff directs you there.
  • Newellton town office and Mayor's Court: P.O. Box 477, Newellton, LA 71357-0477; 318-467-5050. Newellton Police Department: 1874 Highway 605; 318-467-5179; 911 for emergencies.
  • Saint Joseph town office and Mayor's Court: 125 Plank Road, P.O. Box 217, Saint Joseph, LA 71366; 318-766-3713.
  • Waterproof town office and Mayor's Court: P.O. Box 248, Waterproof, LA 71375-0248; 318-749-5233.
  • Justice of the peace wards: use the Louisiana Attorney General justice court directory to find the current Tensas Parish ward office and phone number.

The sheriff's office publishes no public warrant list, and neither do the three towns, so a phone call or a records request is the route in every case.