This Is Not a Government or Law Enforcement Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot confirm whether a warrant exists, recall or clear a warrant, post bond, arrange a surrender, or give legal advice to anyone. For any of those, contact the Sheriff's Office Records Division or the court that issued the process.
Need Official Warrant Information?
Match the paper in front of you to one of these routes, then use the published contact for that office:
- You do not know which court issued it: call the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Records Division, which handles criminal and civil warrant paperwork and can point you to the issuing court
- A missed court date in district court: call the Washington Parish Clerk of Court, who keeps the 22nd Judicial District Court index for Washington Parish
- A Bogalusa ticket, ordinance, or misdemeanor matter: call Bogalusa City Court, which covers the Fourth Ward
- A Franklinton town summons, ordinance, or traffic matter: call the Mayor's Court at Town Hall before the next session
- Resolving or clearing a warrant: ask a licensed Louisiana attorney and the issuing court about a recall, an appearance, or posting bond
Washington Parish Sheriff's Office, Criminal Records Division: 1002 Main Street, Franklinton, LA 70438, phone 985-839-3434. The sheriff also keeps a Bogalusa office at 302 Mississippi Avenue, reached at 985-661-2021, for ticket, report, and sheriff-service questions. Details are published on the WPSO contacts and locations page.
Washington Parish Clerk of Court: Johnny D. Crain, Jr.; office at 908-B Washington Street, Franklinton, LA 70438; mailing address P.O. Box 607, Franklinton, LA 70438; phone 985-839-4663. Written requests go to the attention of the Custodian of Records, and copies cost $1.00 per page under the notice that took effect May 1, 2025. The office publishes its request instructions at the Washington Parish Clerk of Court site.
22nd Judicial District Court administration: Court Administrator Amber Mitchell, 985-809-5300, for administrative record requests under the Louisiana Public Records Law. The court's request route is posted at 22nd JDC public records request.
Bogalusa City Court: 202 Arkansas Avenue, Bogalusa, phone 985-732-6204, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Judge David Merlin Duke presides, and City Marshal John Sumrall can be reached at 985-732-6281. The Bogalusa Police Department records contact is Heather Wise at 985-732-6207. The Bogalusa City Court page lists the court's jurisdiction and hours.
Franklinton Mayor's Court: Town Hall chambers, 301 11th Avenue, Franklinton, phone 985-839-3569. Commissioner Dan Foil presides, and the court meets the second Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. The Franklinton Police Department is at 409 11th Avenue and can be reached at 985-839-4474; a separate town page lists 985-839-2977, so confirm the number when you call. The Franklinton Mayor's Court page carries the schedule.
Smaller villages and ward courts: Angie Police can be reached at 64475 Cherry Street in Angie, phone 985-986-2444. For Varnado, no current official municipal court page was located, so verify the village or court contact through an official state or parish directory before sending personal information. For a ward matter, the Louisiana Attorney General's justice-court directory lists justices of the peace and constables by parish.
If you need an attorney for a warrant matter, the 22nd Judicial District Court's local agency list gives a Washington Parish public defender contact at 985-839-7804. Confirm current eligibility and routing when you call.