Evangeline Parish Booking Reports Lookup

Evangeline Parish booking reports are maintained by the sheriff's office in Ville Platte in south-central Louisiana. The parish jail on West Cotton Street processes all arrests made within the parish. Between 2021 and early 2025, law enforcement agencies in Evangeline Parish recorded 577 arrests according to FBI UCR data. You can search for booking reports by contacting the sheriff's office or checking available records online. This page explains how to find arrest records, what booking reports contain, and where to look for inmate information in Evangeline Parish.

Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office handles all booking reports for the parish. The main office is at 200 Court Street, Suite 100 in Ville Platte. You can call at (337) 363-2161 for general inquiries or to ask about a specific booking. The same number connects to the jail, which sits at 415 W Cotton Street in Ville Platte.

When someone gets arrested in Evangeline Parish, they are taken to the parish jail for processing. The booking process creates a record with the person's name, charges, date and time of booking, and identifying details. The jail is a smaller facility that handles the parish's local inmate population. Staff at the jail can tell you if someone is in custody and what charges they face.

The Clerk of Court in Ville Platte handles court records once a case moves past the initial booking stage. You can reach the clerk at (337) 363-5671 for questions about court filings, case numbers, and dispositions.

Evangeline Parish Arrest Records Data

FBI UCR arrest reports show that the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office and the Basile Police Department recorded 577 arrests between January 2021 and January 2025. That number covers all types of offenses handled by local law enforcement in the parish. The breakdown of those arrests tells you a lot about what types of booking reports come out of this area.

Drug and narcotic violations make up the largest share by far. Out of those 577 arrests, 361 were drug-related. That is more than 60 percent of all arrests in the parish during that time frame. Simple assault came in second with 61 arrests. Larceny accounted for 31 arrests, and weapon law violations made up 30. Of the people arrested, 422 were male and 155 were female. These numbers give you a sense of the types of booking reports you will find when searching Evangeline Parish records.

Each of these arrests created a booking report that is part of the public record. Under Art. 228 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, booking records must always be open for public view. So every one of those 577 arrests produced a record that anyone can request.

The screenshot below shows the Louisiana DPS&C offender information page where you can search for Evangeline Parish inmates who have been transferred to state custody.

The LAVNS system shown above lets you search for offenders by name and check their custody status across the state. It covers both state prison inmates and people under community supervision.

Note: The 577 arrest figure comes from FBI UCR data covering January 2021 through January 2025 for agencies in Evangeline Parish.

Booking Reports and Public Access in Evangeline Parish

Booking reports in Evangeline Parish are public records. However, certain types of arrest records are exempt from public access. In Evangeline Parish and the rest of Louisiana, juvenile arrest records are not open to the public. Sealed or expunged arrest records are also off limits. Records tied to ongoing investigations may be withheld until the case is resolved.

The Louisiana Public Records Act under RS 44:1 establishes the general rule that all records used in public business are open. RS 44:3 gives law enforcement some room to hold back certain files, but booking records stay public even under that exemption. The booking log at the Evangeline Parish Jail is open for inspection at any time.

For people convicted and sent to state prison, RS 15:574.12 limits what the Department of Corrections can share. Only the basics are available to the public: age, offense, conviction date, sentence length, and any misconduct while in custody. The State Police background check system handles formal criminal history searches, but those are restricted to authorized agencies under RS 15:587.

How to Get Evangeline Parish Booking Reports

The most direct way to get a booking report from Evangeline Parish is to contact the sheriff's office. Call (337) 363-2161 and ask about the person by name. Staff can confirm if someone was booked and give you basic details about the charges.

For a copy of the actual booking report, visit the sheriff's office at 200 Court Street in Ville Platte. Bring the full name of the person you need records for and any other details you have, like a date of arrest. You can also send a written public records request by mail. Under Louisiana law, the sheriff must respond to a valid records request within three business days.

If you need to search for someone who may be in state custody, the LAVNS VineLink database lets you search by name across the state. You can also call the state Imprisoned Person Locator at (225) 383-4580. Both systems update regularly and cover inmates in state prison as well as people on probation or parole.

• Call the Evangeline Parish Sheriff at (337) 363-2161
• Visit the office at 200 Court Street, Ville Platte
• Send a written records request by mail
• Search LAVNS VineLink for state custody inmates

What Evangeline Parish Arrest Records Include

Each booking report from Evangeline Parish records the key facts about an arrest. The document gets created when someone is processed into the parish jail on Cotton Street.

A booking report typically shows the person's full name, date of birth, physical description, the charges filed, the arresting officer and agency, date and time of booking, and a booking number. Bond amount shows up if one has been set by a judge. If there are multiple charges from the same arrest, all of them appear on the booking record. The report becomes part of the permanent file at the sheriff's office and is open to the public from the moment it is created.

Court records held at the Clerk of Court office provide additional detail once charges move through the court system. These include the formal charging document, any motions filed, and the final disposition of the case. The clerk's office at (337) 363-5671 can help with those records.

Note: Booking reports are created at the jail and are separate from court records, which the Clerk of Court maintains after charges are formally filed.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border Evangeline Parish. Each one runs its own jail and keeps separate booking reports. Check with the right parish sheriff if you need records from a neighboring area.