Tangipahoa Parish Criminal Records Search

Tangipahoa Parish criminal records are kept by the Clerk of Court in Amite City, covering felony cases, misdemeanor charges, arrest records, and court convictions going back to 1901. Tangipahoa Parish criminal case data is available online through ClerkConnect, and all felony criminal cases in Tangipahoa Parish go through the 21st Judicial District Court.

Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court

The Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court is the official keeper of all criminal court records filed in Tangipahoa Parish. The Tangipahoa Parish clerk office is at 110 N. Bay Street in Amite City. Tangipahoa Parish criminal cases go back to 1901 in the clerk's index. The clerk handles criminal case filings, stores court files for every criminal charge and conviction in Tangipahoa Parish, and provides copies of criminal case documents on request.

Tangipahoa Parish has a dedicated criminal department within the clerk's office. The main office number for Tangipahoa Parish is (985) 748-4146. For Tangipahoa Parish criminal records specifically, call the Criminal Department at (985) 748-8015 or send email to criminal@tangiclerk.org. The Tangipahoa Parish criminal department contact is the right place to start when you need criminal case files rather than civil records. The Tangipahoa Parish clerk's website at tangiclerk.org has information on criminal records services, fees, and online access options including ClerkConnect.

Visit the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court website to find criminal records forms, contact information, and links to the online records portal for Tangipahoa Parish criminal cases.

The site includes links to ClerkConnect for online access to Tangipahoa Parish criminal case data going back to 1901.

ClerkConnect Criminal Records Access for Tangipahoa Parish

Tangipahoa Parish participates in ClerkConnect, the multiparish online portal used across Louisiana for criminal case searches. ClerkConnect gives you remote access to Tangipahoa Parish criminal case data from the 21st Judicial District Court without visiting the Amite City courthouse. The depth of criminal records available in Tangipahoa Parish through ClerkConnect is notable: criminal case information goes all the way back to 1901, which is rare for an online criminal records system.

Tangipahoa Parish traffic case records are available back to 1974 through ClerkConnect. Criminal document images for Tangipahoa Parish cases are available starting from January 2007. For criminal cases before 2007, you can see index data and case information in the Tangipahoa Parish system, but you may need to go in person or contact the clerk for actual criminal document copies. Tangipahoa Parish cases from 2007 onward have document images you can view and download directly from the portal.

To use ClerkConnect for Tangipahoa Parish criminal records, sign up at ClerkConnect.com. Subscription options are: 24 hours for $20, 30 days for $40, or 365 days for $300. Printed pages from the portal cost $1.00 each if you need hard copies of Tangipahoa Parish criminal records. The 30-day plan is useful for occasional Tangipahoa Parish criminal case searches. The annual plan works out to less per month if you search criminal records in Tangipahoa Parish regularly.

The ClerkConnect portal for Tangipahoa Parish lets you search criminal cases and court records going back over a century with online access to recent criminal document images.

Create an account and select Tangipahoa Parish to start searching criminal case data back to 1901.

Note: ClerkConnect only shows what the Tangipahoa Clerk of Court has entered into the system. Very old criminal records from 1901 to the mid-1900s may be index data only without full document images. Contact the Tangipahoa Parish clerk directly if you need complete criminal files from that era.

Certified Copy Fees for Tangipahoa Criminal Records

Getting certified copies of Tangipahoa Parish criminal records requires paying the clerk's standard fee schedule. Certified copies are the official version of criminal court documents with the Tangipahoa Parish clerk's seal. They are needed for legal proceedings, criminal court filings in other jurisdictions, and other formal uses where a plain copy of a criminal record is not accepted.

For Tangipahoa Parish criminal and civil documents, the fee is $5.00 for certification plus $1.00 per page for the document itself. A short one-page criminal court order would cost $6.00 total. A longer criminal case file would cost more depending on the page count. For criminal and civil minutes, the fee structure is different: certified minutes cost $10.00 per certified copy per docket number. Minutes are the official record of what happened in court at each criminal hearing and are often needed to show the outcome of a criminal case or to verify a charge was dismissed.

Plain copies of Tangipahoa Parish criminal records without certification cost less. If you only need to review a criminal document for your own reference and do not need it to be certified, ask the Tangipahoa Parish clerk about plain copy rates. Plain copies cannot be used as official criminal court documents but work fine for personal research or verifying criminal case details.

21st Judicial District Court and Tangipahoa Parish

Tangipahoa Parish is served by the 21st Judicial District Court. This criminal court covers three parishes: Tangipahoa, St. Helena, and Washington. The main courthouse for Tangipahoa Parish criminal cases is in Amite City. Judges in the 21st JDC handle felony criminal cases, felony indictments, criminal charges, and sentencing for Tangipahoa Parish defendants. All criminal cases from all three parishes in the district flow through this court system.

The fact that the 21st JDC covers three parishes matters when searching Tangipahoa Parish criminal records. If someone has criminal cases filed in both Tangipahoa Parish and Washington or St. Helena parishes, you will find them in the same judicial district but still need to contact the clerk's office for the specific parish where each criminal case was filed. Tangipahoa Parish maintains its own clerk's office and criminal records system even though the parishes share a judicial district.

Appeals from 21st JDC criminal decisions go to the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge. If a Tangipahoa Parish criminal case was appealed, first circuit records would have the appellate opinion. The Louisiana Supreme Court handles criminal cases that go beyond the circuit level. Both courts maintain their own criminal records separate from the Tangipahoa Parish clerk.

Note: The 21st JDC courthouse in Amite City handles Tangipahoa Parish criminal cases. Cases from Washington and St. Helena parishes are heard at those parishes' courthouses but under the same judicial district umbrella.

Criminal Record Searches in Tangipahoa Parish

To search Tangipahoa Parish criminal records, you have two main paths: use ClerkConnect online or go in person to the Tangipahoa Parish clerk's office in Amite City. Online is faster for basic criminal case lookups and lets you search Tangipahoa Parish criminal records from anywhere. In-person visits are better when you need certified copies of criminal records, have a complex criminal case request, or are searching criminal records from before ClerkConnect's coverage starts.

For an in-person Tangipahoa Parish criminal records search, bring the full name and date of birth of the person you are looking up. A criminal case number helps if you have one. Go to 110 N. Bay Street, Suite 100 in Amite City during regular business hours. Tell staff at the Tangipahoa Parish criminal department window what criminal case records you need. They can search by name, pull the criminal file, and make copies while you wait for most current cases. Older archived criminal files may take more time.

For online Tangipahoa Parish criminal records searches, log in to ClerkConnect and select Tangipahoa Parish. Search by name or case number. Criminal case index data goes back to 1901, so you have a long criminal history to work with. Criminal document images start in 2007. Once you find the Tangipahoa Parish criminal case you need, you can view the docket, see what criminal charges were filed, check the conviction or dismissal outcome, and download criminal document images for cases from 2007 onward.

Expungements in Tangipahoa Parish

Louisiana allows people to expunge certain criminal records under La. R.S. 44:9. An expungement seals the criminal record from public access. It can give people a clean slate after a criminal matter that did not result in conviction, or for certain first-offense nonviolent charges that meet the criteria under state law. Violent criminal offenses and sex offenses do not qualify for expungement in Tangipahoa Parish or anywhere in Louisiana.

The total cost to expunge a criminal record in Tangipahoa Parish is around $550. This covers four separate fees: the Tangipahoa Parish clerk of court filing fee, the fee to the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to update the statewide criminal database, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's fee, and the District Attorney's fee. You file the expungement petition for Tangipahoa Parish criminal records in the 21st Judicial District Court. The DA's office reviews the criminal expungement petition and can object within a set time. If no objection is filed, the judge signs the expungement order. The Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court then seals the criminal record.

The Louisiana State Police BCII forms page has information on how the state criminal history database is updated after an expungement of Tangipahoa Parish criminal records is granted.

After an expungement order is signed, the LSP updates the state criminal database to reflect the sealed status of the Tangipahoa Parish record.

Once expunged, the Tangipahoa Parish criminal record no longer shows in the public criminal records system or in the state police database for routine checks. Private background check databases may take additional time to update. Law enforcement and certain government agencies can still access sealed Tangipahoa Parish criminal records in limited circumstances under Louisiana law.

State Criminal Records Resources

The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information is the state agency that runs the official statewide criminal history database. A criminal history search through the state police covers records from all Louisiana parishes, not just Tangipahoa Parish. This is useful when you need to verify someone's criminal history across the state rather than just within Tangipahoa Parish. Visit lsp.org/services/background-checks/ for forms and instructions for both name-based and fingerprint-based criminal history searches that go beyond what any single parish clerk can provide.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections at doc.la.gov maintains the offender search tool for people who have been incarcerated in state prisons. If you need to look up a prison sentence, a release date, or current supervision status for someone from Tangipahoa Parish, the DOC offender search is the right tool. These criminal records are separate from what the Tangipahoa Parish clerk maintains and cover state-level incarceration data that goes beyond what court criminal case files show.

Cities in Tangipahoa Parish

Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish and serves as a regional hub for the area. Hammond criminal records are filed through the 21st Judicial District Court and maintained by the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court in Amite City. Other communities in the parish include Ponchatoula, Amite City, Independence, and Kentwood. All criminal cases from across Tangipahoa Parish go through the same clerk's office and court system.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border Tangipahoa Parish. Criminal cases are filed in the parish where the offense occurred. If you are not sure which parish court has jurisdiction over a criminal case, check which parish the address falls in.