Lafayette Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

The sheriff keeps a free current inmate list that shows name, booking date and charges. For anyone not shown, ring the jail at 337-788-8737. Our inmate search guide explains other ways to look.

State law says a judge must see a person who is held within 72 hours of arrest, skipping weekends and legal holidays. At that hearing the judge names a lawyer if the person cannot pay one and may review the bail. Miss that window and the law frees the person on a signed pledge to come back. The rule is in Article 230.1.

Article 321 lists five: - Commercial surety: a licensed bail company signs for the full amount. - Secured personal surety: a person pledges property worth the bond. - Unsecured personal surety: a person signs without pledging property. - Bail without surety: the defendant signs alone. - Cash deposit: the whole amount is paid in.

The judge may not use the two unsecured options for a crime of violence or a felony with a gun.

Under Article 326 Acadia accepts cash, cashier's checks, money orders, certified checks, and U.S. or Louisiana government bonds. Ask the jail at 337-788-8737 what it takes after hours before you drive to Crowley.

Louisiana sets the premium by statute: 12 percent of the bond, or $120, whichever is more (R.S. 22:1443). That fee pays for the company's promise and is not refunded when the case ends. Get every charge in writing before you sign.

The Acadia Parish Clerk of Court's criminal office is in the courthouse at 500 NE Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526. Call 337-788-8881 or email criminal@acadiaparishclerk.com, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mail goes to P.O. Box 922, Crowley, LA 70527.

The money goes back to whoever paid it, once the case is closed and no court date was missed. Fines and court costs may be taken out first, so call the clerk to ask. Money left unclaimed is held for one year under state law. For putting money on a jail account, see our money page.

The court can order an arrest and begin forfeiture of the bond. A bail company that loses money will look to whoever signed with it. For some charges, a person who failed to appear can be refused bail the next time under Article 312.

Paying parish bail does not end a hold placed by another agency. Act 314 of 2024 tells Louisiana agencies to use best efforts to support federal immigration law and to work with immigration detainers, so a person with a detainer may go to ICE instead of home. You can check the ICE locator. Federal charges are set by a U.S. magistrate in the Western District's Lafayette Division.

Not for crimes committed on or after April 19, 2024. Act 13 of that year moved 17-year-olds back to adult court, so they can be booked and bailed like adults. Younger children go through juvenile court, and a judge, not a bail schedule, decides whether they stay in detention.