• St. Martin Parish Correctional Center: 400 St. Martin Street, St. Martinville, LA 70582, 337-394-2500.
• Booking, for bond amounts and charges: 337-394-2566.
• Inmate fund window: 337-394-2535.
• Sheriff's office: 337-394-3071.

The jail sits a block from the parish courthouse in downtown St. Martinville.

1. Open the sheriff's online roster.
2. Search by last name, or scroll the current list.
3. Click a name to read charges, booking date and any bond.

The sheriff cautions that roster details come from arrestees and arresting agencies at booking and may not all be verified, so check anything important with booking at 337-394-2566.

When posted, the photo is on the roster entry. Anyone, including reporters, may request copies from the sheriff at 337-394-3071. Act 281 of 2024, in effect since August 1, 2024, allows pre-trial release of booking photos. A website charging for removal has to take a booking photo down free within 7 days of seeing proof that the case was dismissed or closed by acquittal, pardon or expungement. St. Martin families ask ICE for those arrest photos through FOIA. Federal photos: the U.S. Marshals.

Booking includes prints, photo, property inventory and a medical screen before the entry posts. Give it a couple of hours after arrival, then call booking at 337-394-2566 with the legal name and birthday.

St. Martin is split in two by Iberia Parish, so an arrest near the lower St. Martin area around Stephensville may involve a different parish. Also try Lafayette Parish, 337-236-5400, Iberia Parish, 337-369-2431, and the St. Landry Parish Jail, 337-948-5804.

Yes. Breaux Bridge, St. Martinville and deputies may issue a summons for small offenses. The person goes home and must appear in court on the date on the ticket; they will not appear on the roster.

Inside 72 hours from arrest, with weekends and holidays left out, under Article 230.1. A 16th Judicial District judge reviews the charges, sets bail and assigns the public defender to anyone unable to hire one. If that hearing never happens in time, St. Martin must free the person on a signature.

Look at the roster entry, or call booking at 337-394-2566, which gives bond amounts and charges by phone. Ask whether another parish or agency has a hold before posting money.

The amount comes from a 16th Judicial District judge, and St. Martin accepts four forms: - Cash, returned by the clerk once the case closes, less court costs. - Property, pledging Louisiana real estate. - Commercial surety, through a licensed bondsman; Louisiana caps that premium at 12 percent. - Signature or recognizance, only if a judge allows.

Clerk of Court: 415 St. Martin Street, St. Martinville, LA 70582, 337-394-2210, extension 8. Our St. Martin bail guide walks through each.

The 16th Judicial District Court sits in the St. Martin Parish Courthouse at 415 St. Martin Street, St. Martinville. The clerk can confirm docket numbers, court dates and cash bond refunds at 337-394-2210. Breaux Bridge has a mayor's court for city ordinance cases. For the basics, read our court guide.

A public defender is assigned at the 72-hour hearing. The public defender's St. Martinville office on West Berard Street answers at 337-394-1446, weekdays 8:30 to 4:30. Jail calls are monitored, so case talk belongs in attorney meetings.

The sheriff accepts three methods: - In person at 400 St. Martin Street, cash or money order only, 337-394-2535. - By mail, money orders only, to SMSO Inmate Fund, P.O. Box 247, St. Martinville, LA 70582. - Online by card through the company linked on the sheriff's site, which adds a fee.

The balance covers commissary orders such as snacks and hygiene items, and medical charges are taken from the account first. More is in our deposit guide.

Each inmate gets one visit a week, on a day set by housing unit; the sheriff posts the visitation schedule online, and it can change. The rules say: - Only people on the inmate's visitation list may enter, up to 5 at a time including children, and they must arrive together. - Visits last at least 15 minutes. - Bring only a photo ID showing a current address and car keys; purses, phones, food and money are barred. - Everyone passes a metal detector and may be searched. - Anyone released from any jail within 6 months needs documentation.

Our visiting guide has more.

People held in St. Martinville can call out on prepaid or collect accounts, but they cannot receive calls. Our phone guide and messages guide explain setup. Letters carry the inmate's legal name above 400 St. Martin Street, St. Martinville, LA 70582, and our mail guide has more.

Report prescriptions at booking, or call the jail at 337-394-2500 with each medicine and dose. Medical visits and medicine costs may be deducted from the inmate's account, so keep some money on it if you can.

Expect a few hours once booking accepts the bond. Staff check for warrants and detainers, finish the paperwork and return personal property at the door on St. Martin Street. Call booking at 337-394-2566 to confirm before driving over.

Some people serve state time in parish jails; others are moved to a DOC reception center. Track them through the DOC locator line 225-383-4580 or our Louisiana state prisons guide.

Call the sheriff at 337-394-3071 to learn if anything is active and what bond applies. Don't rely on any web page alone, since there's no dedicated public list here and no statewide lookup in Louisiana. Consider arranging a turn-in at St. Martin Parish Correctional Services through a lawyer. For a skipped hearing, the clerk at 415 St. Martin Street in St. Martinville, 337-394-2210, explains how to be rescheduled.

Children under 17 are handled in juvenile court; Louisiana moved 17-year-olds back to adult court on April 19, 2024. Our records list a St. Martin Sheriff's Juvenile Training Center at 1815 Terrance Highway, St. Martinville; confirm where a detained youth is held with the sheriff at 337-394-3071.

Federal cases from St. Martin go to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division, clerk's office at 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-593-5000. Custody is decided by a magistrate under 18 U.S.C. 3142 after a pretrial services report. U.S. Marshals, Suite 1100: 337-262-6666. Federal prisoners appear in the BOP inmate locator.

1. Booking prints from St. Martin Street are shared with Homeland Security, and ICE may answer with a detainer.
2. Paying the local bond leaves the detainer active.
3. Deputies can keep someone no longer than 48 hours beyond release.
4. If ICE fails to come, the detainer is void.
5. Act 314 of 2024 requires Louisiana cooperation.

Use the ICE detainee locator. Field office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, detention line 888-351-4024.

St. Martinville custody shows on Louisiana VINE, a free service. Sign up, and you'll be told by text, call or email whenever the sheriff changes the person's status.

St. Martin deputies do not call families to collect bond by gift card or payment app. Anyone who does is a fraud; hang up and verify at 337-394-2500.

• St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office: 337-394-3071; covers Cecilia, Stephensville, Catahoula and other unincorporated areas.
• St. Martinville Police Department: 337-394-3001.
• Breaux Bridge Police Department: 337-332-2186.
• Henderson: town hall 337-228-7109.
• Parks: village hall 337-845-4139.
• Arnaudville (shared with St. Landry): town hall 337-754-5911.
• Louisiana State Police Troop I: 121 East Pont Des Mouton, Lafayette, LA 70507, 337-262-5880, for I-10 and highway arrests.

Small parts of Broussard and Morgan City also lie in St. Martin; their police answer at 337-837-6259 and 985-384-2310. Emergencies in St. Martinville go to 911.