East Feliciana Parish Arrest Records and Charges
East Feliciana Parish arrest records are first tied to the arresting agency and the parish jail process. The Sheriff lists parish prison and patrol functions at 12306 Haynes Street in Clinton, and the Sheriff's prison page points users to the East Feliciana LAVNS roster for current inmates. That roster channel is useful for custody status and basic offender facts, but it is not the full criminal case file. The research materials also identify Louisiana VINE as a statewide search and notification path for custody and criminal-case information, and Louisiana DPS&C offender information as a separate state-prison channel once a person has been sentenced and transferred.
The court charge record starts when the criminal accusation is filed through the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court. The Clerk's court page says criminal indictments, bills of information, and other criminal filings pass through that office, where each matter is docketed, numbered, and indexed. The 20th Judicial District Attorney, Samuel C. D'Aquilla, makes charging decisions for East and West Feliciana matters. For custody and booking detail, use the East Feliciana Parish inmate roster. For the full case file, plea, sentence, and final court outcome, use the East Feliciana Parish criminal court records.
The Louisiana DOC parish page is one official cross-check because it lists the East Feliciana Parish Jail, East Feliciana Parish TWP, Sheriff Jeff Travis, District Attorney Samuel D'Aquilla, and Clerk David Dart in one place. The Louisiana DOC East Feliciana Parish page is the source for that local agency cluster.
Find East Feliciana Parish Court Charges
There is no single official East Feliciana page that combines arrest, booking, filed charge, case event, plea, and sentencing data. A careful charge lookup moves through the custody channel, then the Clerk's criminal case file, then any statewide custody or post-sentence channel that applies. The Clerk says civil, criminal, traffic, marriage license, mortgage, and conveyance records are open for examination in the offices that keep them, and inspection is free during weekday office hours. Copies requested from the Clerk cost $1 per page, regular criminal copies cost $1 per page, certified criminal copies cost $5, and a criminal background check is listed at $10 per name.
- Check current custody through the official East Feliciana LAVNS roster or call the parish prison at 225-683-3313 if the online roster is unavailable.
- Use the Clerk's criminal records route to ask for the indictment, bill of information, minute entry, or criminal docket tied to the person or case number.
- Read each filed charge as a separate count. One arrest can lead to more than one charge, and the court file may show later amendments.
- Compare the charge status with the final disposition. A pending, amended, dismissed, or expunged count should not be treated as a conviction.
- For sentenced state custody, use Louisiana DPS&C offender information instead of the parish jail roster.
For public access, the Clerk's own public-records page is more useful than a broad legal quote. It names David Dart as records custodian, cites Louisiana public-records law, states that inspection is free, and says juvenile criminal and sealed records require a petition to the court. Non-routine Clerk requests can be sent to david@eastfelicianaclerk.org. Sheriff records are separate from Clerk case files, and parish-government records outside the Clerk follow the Police Jury public-records form and its separate fee schedule.
East Feliciana Parish Charging Documents
A charge record is not just a police label written at arrest. In East Feliciana Parish, criminal filings pass through the Clerk, and the DA's office decides how the accusation will be pursued in the 20th Judicial District Court. The most important documents are the bill of information, indictment, and other charging pleadings that create the court case or define the count being prosecuted. The Clerk's fee schedule also lists subpoenas, minute extracts, peace bonds, expungement filings, and criminal copies, which shows that criminal court records include more than the first accusation.
| Document | Who Uses It | What It Does | East Feliciana Record Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaint or arrest basis | Law enforcement or prosecutor | States why the person was arrested or why a criminal process began. | May appear in sheriff, jail, or court materials if public and filed. |
| Bill of information | District Attorney | Prosecutor-filed charging document that lists formal criminal counts. | Filed through the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court. |
| Indictment | Grand jury | Formal charge returned through the grand-jury process. | The Clerk's court page names criminal indictments as Clerk filings. |
The District Attorney's East Feliciana office is at 11312 Spring Street in Clinton, with mailing address P.O. Box 8428, Clinton, LA 70722, phone 225-683-8563, and weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The DA mission statement stresses fair and ethical prosecution, work with law-enforcement agencies, victim communication, and community education. Those points matter because a jail roster charge can change once the DA reviews the case.
East Feliciana Parish Charge Status
Charge status is the part of the record that keeps a reader from mistaking an early accusation for a final result. The East Feliciana court-record inventory identifies dispositions such as guilty, not guilty, dismissed, amended, sentenced, deferred or diverted, expunged, and sealed. A minute entry may also show an arraignment, plea, continuance, sentencing, subpoena, or service return. Because the Clerk's daily docket uses an action field and a disposition field, the safest reading is to treat each event as one dated step in a longer file.
| Status | What It Means | Where To Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Pending | The charge has been filed or is still moving through court, and no final outcome is shown. | Clerk criminal file or current court minute entries. |
| Amended or reduced | The filed count changed, or the prosecution moved forward on a lesser or different count. | Bill of information, amended filing, plea minutes, or judgment. |
| Dismissed | The count or case ended without a conviction on that filed charge. | Disposition entry, minute extract, or signed order. |
| Nolle prosequi | The prosecutor declined to proceed on the charge at that point. | DA filing or court minute entry. |
| Expunged or sealed | Public access is restricted by court process or law. | Clerk response or court order, not a public search result alone. |
The Louisiana VINE statewide portal is useful after an arrest because it offers custody and criminal-case notification functions for Louisiana.
Note: If a record is missing from a public-facing tool, it may be sealed, expunged, not yet indexed, or held by a different office.
East Feliciana Parish Charges vs Convictions
A charge is an accusation. A conviction is an outcome. That distinction is central for East Feliciana Parish arrest records because the jail roster may show a custody basis while the court file later shows a dismissal, plea, amendment, sentence, or expungement. Louisiana public access rules allow many criminal records to be examined, but public access does not change the legal meaning of the data. A charge can be public and still not prove guilt.
| Point Compared | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Record stage | Filed after arrest by bill of information, indictment, or related criminal filing. | Entered after plea, verdict, or other court disposition. |
| What it proves | That an accusation was made or filed. | That guilt or legal responsibility was resolved by the court. |
| Where it appears | Jail roster, Clerk criminal file, minute entry, or DA filing. | Judgment, sentence, minute entry, or final disposition. |
| Can it change? | Yes. It can be amended, reduced, dropped, or dismissed. | It can be appealed, corrected, set aside, or later restricted if law allows. |
The same caution applies to background checks. The East Feliciana Clerk publishes a $10 criminal background check fee and separate fees for copies and certifications, but a public or private search should not be used for FCRA-regulated purposes unless it comes from a compliant consumer-reporting process. Official records should be verified with the office that created them before they are used for a serious decision.
Restricted East Feliciana Parish Charge Records
Not every arrest or charge record is open to the same degree. Louisiana Children's Code article 412 makes juvenile records confidential except where the law allows disclosure, and the Clerk's public-records page says juvenile criminal records and other sealed records require petitioning the court. Adoption and mental-health or commitment-related records are also sensitive categories. The 20th JDC local appendix notes that some Fridays may be set aside for judicial commitment hearings at East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson, so those files should not be treated like ordinary public criminal dockets.
Expungement has its own East Feliciana cost structure. The Clerk's criminal fee page lists four separate U.S. Postal Money Orders for an expungement: $200 to the Clerk, $250 to State Police, $50 to the DA, and $50 to the Sheriff. The Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 971 et seq. forms govern the process. If granted, the order restricts public-facing access to eligible arrest or conviction records, although agencies may keep access where law allows.
| Restriction | Public Effect | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Juvenile record | Ordinary public search should not expose it. | Petition the court if authorized access is needed. |
| Sealed file | The file may exist but be hidden from public view. | Ask the Clerk about the court-order route. |
| Expunged record | Public-facing access is restricted by order. | Use the criminal expungement process and fee split. |
| Ongoing investigation | Some law-enforcement material may be withheld. | Confirm with the sheriff, DA, or Clerk as appropriate. |
Statewide East Feliciana Parish Charge Checks
Statewide tools serve different points in the arrest-to-charge path. Louisiana VINE is for custody and criminal-case notifications, and the East Feliciana roster is the local current-custody route. Louisiana DPS&C offender information is different: it is for people in state custody, including sentenced persons who have moved beyond the parish jail. A person arrested in East Feliciana may appear in one channel, several channels, or none of the public channels depending on timing, custody status, transfer, sealing, and the final case posture.
The Louisiana DPS&C offender information page is the official statewide source to use when the issue is state custody rather than a pending local booking.
Important: Do not treat a jail roster charge, VINE alert, or state custody entry as the final East Feliciana court disposition.