Iberville Parish Criminal Case Files
A criminal court record is the court file, not the jail roster. The Iberville Parish Clerk of Court's criminal records department maintains criminal proceedings of district court and prepares documents for criminal court. Law enforcement may start the matter through an arrest, citation, warrant, or investigation, but the criminal court record begins to take shape when the District Attorney files or pursues charges in court and the Clerk maintains the case activity.
The 18th Judicial District Attorney serves Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee parishes. The DA prosecutes all felonies in the three-parish district and most misdemeanors investigated by Sheriff's Offices and State Police, including traffic citations. For Iberville criminal assignments, the research identifies Division C and Division D as the local criminal divisions, while civil matters can be heard by judges across the district.
The District Attorney biography and Iberville contact source is shown in the manifest from the 18th Judicial District Attorney's office.
The prosecutor's office is a key source for DA-held records, but the Clerk remains the court-file custodian for filed criminal proceedings.
Iberville Parish Criminal Record Flow
Criminal court records should be read as a process. A charge may start with an arrest, warrant, or citation, then the DA screens the matter. If the case is accepted, refused, amended, diverted, dismissed, or prosecuted, the record changes. The Clerk's criminal file can show the filed charge, court events, plea, disposition, sentence, costs, and later expungement filings when the record is public and released.
Charges filed → Arraignment → Pretrial motions or diversion review → Plea or trial → Disposition → Sentencing → Costs, probation, or expungement filing.
The 18th JDA prosecution-process source describes the prosecutor's role and notes that specialty courts can become relevant at sentencing. The DA also publishes pre-trial diversion information for eligible non-violent offenders. A diversion path is not the same as a conviction, and the DA's summary says successful completion can lead to dismissal or refusal rather than prosecution.
The prosecution-process source appears in the manifest from the 18th JDA prosecution process page.
That prosecution process is the bridge between an arrest event and the criminal case record kept by the court.
Iberville Parish Criminal Record Fields
A criminal court record often contains short docket labels plus formal documents. The most important task is to separate the accusation from the outcome. A charge entry may show what was filed at one stage, while the disposition or sentence entry shows what happened later. When public, images and indexes may be available through the Clerk's online imaging coverage for criminal indexes from 2000 and criminal images from 2014, but the online copy is not the official record.
| Field or Document | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Defendant name | The person charged in the State of Louisiana criminal case. |
| Docket or case number | The tracking number used by the Clerk, court, and DA. |
| Arrest date | The law-enforcement event date when included in the court record. |
| Filed charge | The charge accepted, filed, amended, or pursued by the prosecutor. |
| Arraignment | The court stage where a plea is entered. |
| Motions and orders | Requests to the judge and rulings entered during the case. |
| Plea, verdict, or disposition | The outcome of a charge or case, including guilty plea, dismissal, or other result. |
| Sentence and conditions | Jail, prison, probation, costs, fines, or other court-ordered terms if entered. |
| Expungement filing | A later request or order to remove a qualifying record from public access. |
For a narrower look at arrest-to-charge changes before final outcome, see Iberville Parish arrest records and court charges.
Charges and Convictions Compared
A charge is an accusation. A conviction is a result. Iberville Parish criminal court records may show both, but they must not be read as the same fact. A person can be arrested and charged, then have a charge amended, reduced, refused, dismissed, diverted, or expunged. A conviction generally follows a guilty plea, verdict, or other court finding that produces a sentence or court-ordered terms.
| Point | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Stage | Filed accusation or count. | Final or case-specific finding of guilt. |
| Record meaning | Shows what the DA pursued at that time. | Shows an outcome after plea, verdict, or court action. |
| Can change | May be amended, reduced, dismissed, or refused. | May be appealed, set aside, expunged from public access, or otherwise modified only through legal process. |
| How to verify | Read later docket entries and filed documents. | Look for disposition, sentence, judgment, and final order entries. |
The DA staff directory is relevant because Iberville felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, appeals, victim assistance, diversion, and non-support roles are listed by function. The manifest image comes from the 18th JDA staff directory.
Staff routing can help identify the office function, but filed court outcomes still require the Clerk or court record.
Public Iberville Parish Criminal Records
Louisiana public-records law generally supports inspection and copying, but criminal records require the right custodian. Clerk criminal files are court records. DA records use the DA written request channel. Sheriff arrest reports, inmate records, warrants, and investigative reports use Sheriff contacts and portal tools. The DA public-records page warns that pending criminal investigations, pending prosecutions, and privileged work product will not be released through ordinary public-records requests.
The Clerk criminal records department lists a criminal search fee of $20 per name, payable by money order or cashier's check only. Expungement-related fees include $200 to the Clerk per arrest date, $250 to Louisiana State Police per arrest date, $50 to the District Attorney per arrest date, $50 to the Iberville Sheriff per arrest date, and an additional $50 to Public Safety and Corrections for DWI. Those fees are record-process facts, not proof that a record is eligible for expungement.
Note: A criminal index result should be matched to later disposition and sentence entries before it is treated as final.
Iberville Parish Diversion and Dismissals
Pre-trial diversion can affect how a criminal charge appears over time. The 18th JDA pre-trial diversion page describes a voluntary option for eligible non-violent offenders. Successful completion can result in dismissal or refusal of prosecution. If a person only reads the earliest charge entry, the record may look more severe than the later outcome. A careful criminal court records search should look for DA action, court disposition, and later expungement activity.
The manifest image from the 18th JDA pre-trial diversion page supports this local diversion context.
Diversion can alter the prosecution path before a conviction is entered, so the final disposition matters more than the first charge label.
Sealed and Expunged Criminal Records
Sealed and expunged are not the same. A sealed record is hidden from ordinary public view by law or court order. An expunged record is removed from public access under Louisiana criminal procedure, although the DA summary says law enforcement still has access for investigation and prosecution purposes. Juvenile criminal records are also restricted, and juvenile arrest or incident reports identifying juvenile suspects cannot be released without a court order.
| Point | Sealed | Expunged |
|---|---|---|
| Public visibility | Hidden from ordinary public inspection. | Removed from public access after a qualifying order. |
| Common basis | Juvenile, adoption, court order, sensitive information, or statutory limit. | Dismissed, unprosecuted, or qualifying misdemeanor/felony records under Louisiana rules. |
| Law enforcement | May retain authorized access depending on order and law. | DA summary says law enforcement retains access for investigation and prosecution. |
| Local process | Ask the Clerk or court about order-based access. | Start with the Clerk where the arrest occurred and use the required expungement process. |
The expungement process source appears in the manifest from the 18th JDA expungement page.
The expungement source gives Iberville-specific fees and eligibility cautions that should be checked before assuming public access.
Iberville Parish Criminal Case Contacts
For filed criminal court records, use the Clerk of Court at 58050 Meriam Street, P.O. Box 423, Plaquemine, LA 70764, phone 225-687-5160. For DA-held prosecution records, the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Iberville office is at the Iberville Parish Courthouse, 58050 Meriam Street, 3rd Floor, Plaquemine, LA 70764, P.O. Drawer 880, Plaquemine, LA 70765-0880, phone 225-687-5210. For Sheriff criminal records, the research lists Leslie Verret at 225-687-5125 and Alexis Albert and Kayla Engolio through 225-687-5100.
Victim and witness information is not the same as a public court record, but it can be part of the criminal case process. The DA victim/witness assistance page names Lori White for Iberville and describes hearing notices, case questions, plea input, reparations, and victim impact statements. Those services explain case status and process, but public record copies still require the proper custodian.
The manifest image from the DA victim witness assistance program supports this local process point.
Victim assistance can help explain hearings and plea input, while the Clerk and DA public-records channels handle record copies.