LaSalle Parish Municipal Court Warrants
A municipal warrant is an order from a town court, tied to a local ordinance, a city traffic citation, or a missed municipal court date. The court is small. The record stays local. The judge who runs that court decides what happens next, and no one above him keeps a copy you can search. LaSalle Parish has four of these Mayor's Courts. None publishes a public warrant roster, and none feeds a parish-wide list. For a municipal warrant question, the town court itself is the only reliable source, so start there.
LaSalle Parish Mayor's Court Warrants
Two separate systems operate here. The 28th Judicial District Court handles district-level criminal and felony matters for all of LaSalle Parish, while a Mayor's Court handles ordinance violations and municipal traffic inside its own town limits. A citation from a town police officer stays with the town court even when an outside payment vendor handles the money. Jena's permit page puts it plainly: listed traffic and ordinance violations are tried in the Town of Jena Mayor's Court. That is how local these cases stay.
LaSalle Parish Cities With Municipal Courts
The four LaSalle Parish courts each publish a different contact block. Services vary too. Two towns use outside payment vendors, and the other two take questions at the town hall counter or by phone.
| City | Municipal Court | Warrant Types | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jena | Town of Jena Mayor's Court | Ordinance, traffic, missed date | 318-992-2148 |
| Olla | Olla Mayor's Court | Ordinance, traffic, missed date | 318-495-5151 |
| Tullos | Tullos Mayor's Court | Ordinance, traffic, missed date | 318-534-6499 |
| Urania | Urania Mayor's Court | Ordinance, traffic, missed date | 318-495-3452 |
LaSalle Parish Municipal Warrant Dockets
State law requires these courts to keep records. Audit material for Tullos states that the town must maintain a Mayor's Court docket under R.S. 33:442. So a written docket exists somewhere in LaSalle Parish, even with no online search for it.
None of the LaSalle Parish dockets is published online. A docket question means a phone call or a counter visit, so ask before you drive. Note: A docket entry and a warrant status can differ, so ask which one the clerk is reading.
Checking a Municipal Court Warrant
A warrant check runs through the town that issued the citation. Work the channels in order, and stop at the office that holds the record. Every LaSalle Parish municipal warrant starts and ends at one of four town courts.
- Read the citation for the town, the offense date, and the ticket number.
- Call the town hall or Mayor's Court listed on the ticket and ask what the record shows.
- Look the ticket up on the town's payment portal if one exists, but treat it as a payment route only.
- Ask the court what clears the matter: payment, a new date, a motion, or an appearance.
- Route district-level charges to the 28th Judicial District Court instead, since city courts do not handle them.
LaSalle Parish Municipal Warrants in Olla
Olla posts hours that change by day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Thursday closing at noon. The town hall at 1907 Louisiana Street doubles as the Mayor's Court contact point, and the police line is separate. Call before you travel there. A warrant question that needs a clerk at the counter is a wasted trip after noon, and the town publishes no online warrant lookup to check first. LaSalle Parish drivers have learned this the hard way.
Inside a Municipal Court Warrant
A city court record is short and specific. The citation number and court name matter most. Together they point to the one LaSalle Parish office that can clear the warrant.
| Citation or Case Number | The identifier from the ticket or the court docket, for example MC-000000 |
|---|---|
| Ordinance or Charge | The city code section or traffic violation involved |
| Issuing Court | The Mayor's Court for Jena, Olla, Tullos, or Urania |
| Status | Unpaid, missed date, active warrant, or cleared |
| Amount Owed | Fine, costs, and any vendor convenience fee |
LaSalle Parish Municipal Warrants in Jena
Jena is the parish seat and the largest town in LaSalle Parish, so its municipal docket is the busiest of the four. The town sends listed traffic and ordinance violations to its Mayor's Court, and it publishes separate contacts for the court and the police department. Do not treat the police number as a warrant lookup. For a court question, use the town hall line at 2908 East Oak Street. Keep the police number for service or safety matters that need an officer.
How to Resolve a Municipal Court Warrant
Resolution starts with the judge who signed the order. Some city courts take payment for an eligible fine, some set a new date, and some require a written motion before recalling a warrant. Practice differs by town. No single rule covers all four LaSalle Parish courts.
Caution: Call the Mayor's Court and confirm the procedure before you go. A vendor receipt alone does not clear a city warrant.
LaSalle Parish Municipal Warrant Fees
LaSalle Parish towns publish no current warrant recall fee, bond schedule, or convenience fee. The state side is public, though. The Supreme Court's court cost search lists fees by court and court level, and a $100 court fee attaches to license compliance after a traffic failure to appear. Confirm any local fee with the town before you pay anything.
The cost search filters amounts by court, court level, and effective date. It does not take payment. Local LaSalle Parish fees still have to be confirmed with the town, and amounts change.
Key Point: Ask each court for its current fee in writing. Vendor convenience charges are set by the vendor, not the court.
LaSalle Parish Municipal Warrants and the Sheriff
Municipal warrants in LaSalle Parish live with the town that issued them, not with the sheriff. The Jena Mayor's Court keeps the record. The sheriff does not pick up every city case. His office runs a Most Wanted page and a jail roster, but neither is a list of municipal warrants. When the sheriff does get involved, it is usually for custody or service rather than the court file. So call the Mayor's Court first with any warrant question. Save the sheriff's records line for the custody and service matters his office actually handles. Remember that the jail roster shows who is in custody, not court status, so it will not answer a LaSalle Parish municipal warrant question.