Ouachita County, LA

Arrest records in Monroe, LA (Ouachita Parish) come primarily from the Monroe Police Department at 700 Wood Street, Monroe, LA 71201 (318-329-2600), which releases arrest reports under Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. 44:1). The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office at 400 St. John Street, Monroe, LA 71201 (318-329-1200) maintains a current inmate roster at https://www.opso.net/. The Louisiana State Police record check at https://www.lsp.org/services/criminal-history-records/ provides statewide criminal history. Court charges tied to arrests appear at the Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court at https://www.opclerkofcourt.com/. Sources: Ouachita Parish Sheriff (https://www.opso.net/), LA State Police (https://www.lsp.org/).

Ouachita Parish, LA background check: Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification (https://www.lsp.org/services/criminal-records/) — $26 name search, La. R.S. §15:587 (https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78587). Live scan IdentoGO Louisiana (https://www.identogo.com/locations/louisiana). Ouachita Parish Sheriff (https://opso.net/) for arrests, inmate search. Monroe Police records for city-level. Court records: Fourth Judicial District Court (Ouachita) and statewide LA Courts (https://www.lacourtconnect.com/). FBI Identity History Summary $18. Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. §44:1). Ban-the-box for state employment Act 406 (2021). Monroe News-Star for community coverage.

Ouachita Parish, LA marriage records: Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court (https://www.opclerk.com/) — marriage licenses issued and recorded, $25 license fee (La. R.S. §9:201, https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108829). Search: Ouachita Parish marriage records via clerk online. Certified copies $5 each. Statewide vital records: Louisiana Department of Health Vital Records Registry (https://ldh.la.gov/page/3855) — marriage certificates Orleans Parish only; all other parishes via parish clerk. Older records may be at Louisiana State Archives (https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/). Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. §44:1). Confidential marriages do not exist in Louisiana.

To look up someone in jail or prison in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections inmate locator at https://doc.louisiana.gov/imprisoned-person-locator/ shows current state-prison detainees. For parish jail detainees, contact the local sheriff: Orleans Parish at https://www.opso.us/, East Baton Rouge at https://www.ebrso.org/, Jefferson Parish at https://www.jpso.com/. The Federal BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ covers federal facilities. The Vinelink victim notification service at https://www.vinelink.com/ also covers Louisiana. Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. 44:1) governs disclosure. Sources: LA DOC (https://doc.louisiana.gov/), Federal BOP (https://www.bop.gov/).

To find court records in New Orleans, LA (Orleans Parish), use the Orleans Parish Civil District Court at https://www.orleanscdc.com/ for civil cases, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court at https://www.opcdc.org/ for felonies, and Orleans Parish Municipal Court at https://www.nola.gov/municipal-court/ for city-level misdemeanors. Online case search is at https://www.orleanscdc.com/ and https://www.opcdc.org/. The Louisiana Supreme Court is at https://www.lasc.org/. Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. 44:1) governs disclosure. Certified copies of court records typically cost $5 plus $1/page. Sealed/expunged cases are excluded under La. C.Cr.P. art. 982. Sources: Orleans CDC (https://www.orleanscdc.com/), Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (https://www.opcdc.org/).

To obtain a copy of a 911 call you made in Louisiana, contact the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) that handled the call — typically the parish sheriff or city police 911 communications office. File a Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. 44:1) request specifying the date, approximate time, and your phone number. La. R.S. 44:4(48) protects 911 recordings of calls reporting domestic violence or sexual assault, but most other 911 calls are public records. Standard fees: about $1 per minute for audio CDs (or actual cost). The Louisiana State Police Communications Center is at https://www.lsp.org/. Sources: LA Public Records Law (https://www.legis.la.gov/), LSP (https://www.lsp.org/).