Louisiana Criminal Records Search

Choose a public case file or an authorized history check

Louisiana State Police maintains the statewide Louisiana Computerized Criminal History system. Louisiana is a closed-record state for this repository: its records are not a general public name-search product. Statutorily authorized agencies have defined access, and an individual can obtain a personal Right to Review. The Internet Background Check link does not remove those access restrictions. LACCH does not maintain other states’ arrest or conviction information.

Decide what you need before paying: a particular court’s disposition, your own repository history, or a hiring/licensing check routed to an authorized organization. An arrest record, jail listing and court judgment are different records. A public court-file search is not an unrestricted substitute for the state repository, and a local no-hit does not establish a clean statewide history.

Find the parish clerk for a particular prosecution

Use the Louisiana Secretary of State’s parish Clerk of Court directory when the case belongs to a parish court. Start with the parish and exact court shown on the citation, docket or prior report; a city-court case may need that court’s clerk. Give the defendant’s name, approximate year and case number if available, and request the identified public judgment or disposition.

Ask the holding clerk about page count, ordinary versus certified copies, delivery and any access restriction. A case index helps locate a proceeding; it is not the full order. No single Louisiana court-copy price or retrieval time applies to every parish and court, so obtain a quote for the actual document and explain any recipient deadline.

Arrange the Right to Review appointment

LSP uses the Louisiana Applicant Processing System and IdentoGO’s fingerprint network. Its scheduling guide directs you to uenroll.identogo.com, select the appropriate service code, enter information matching the ID you will present, choose a location and appointment, and retain the confirmation. Routine walk-ins at LSP Headquarters are no longer accepted.

For employment or licensing, obtain the service code from the requesting agency before booking. Do not substitute a personal-review code merely because it is available. LSP also describes a mail-in fingerprint route when someone is physically unable to attend a site; use its authorization and disclosure forms and any required representative form, after confirming current payment instructions. The published BCII-LCJIS mailing address is P.O. Box 66614, Box A-6, Baton Rouge, LA 70896.

Select the copy that the recipient accepts

The mailed Right to Review is printed, marked as a true copy, signed and embossed with a raised state seal. LSP recommends it for official purposes as well as personal inquiry. The linked scheduling guide identifies 27N4RK for the printed-copy service. If an expungement-related recipient also needs a physical fingerprint card, that is a separate requirement to confirm rather than assuming the history report includes it.

Check the electronic-service conflict before relying on email

LSP’s main service description offers an electronic copy, but its linked January 23, 2025 scheduling guide labels emailed service code 27N3ZZ temporarily disabled. That inconsistency was still visible when reviewed on October 2, 2026. Do not assume the emailed product can currently be ordered; confirm availability with BCII or choose the documented mailed-copy route if it meets your need.

Where electronic delivery is available, LSP describes a one-use secure link that expires after 30 days, with retrieval and printing from a computer rather than a mobile device. It is recommended for personal inquiry only and may not satisfy an official recipient. Preserve the enrollment security information and print or save the result when accessing it.

Use the appointment quote, not an older standalone fee

The scheduling guide says the confirmation displays an estimated payment amount, payable at the appointment, and instructs applicants to bring the selected ID and payment. LSP separately announces a $5 technology fee on background requests and a $3 increase for federal checks effective October 1, 2026, with state fees unchanged. These notices do not establish one all-inclusive price for every service.

The linked Right to Review authorization form still displays $26 for mailed submissions and $10 plus $26 for in-person service. Because the current process has additional fee notices and no routine headquarters walk-ins, do not treat those form amounts as the final payable total. Confirm the selected product’s current charge, any capture fee and expected delivery before paying. No fixed completion period was verified.

Supply all the details for a missing court outcome

LSP directs missing dispositions to the Clerk of Court, District Attorney or city prosecutor in the parish of conviction. To update the repository, it requires original, unaltered certified disposition documents; matching name and birth date; an arrest date within one day of the repository entry; original and amended charges; and the outcome and sentence. Multiple charges need a disposition for each one.

Request the complete certified outcome from the source office before seeking a repository update. Keep a copy of what you send and the related arrest reference. A reduced charge should be linked to its original charge, not left looking like an unrelated event. Missing disposition data do not justify describing the person as convicted.

Verify the corrected record and delivery destination

When an authorized attorney or representative is to receive your Right to Review, LSP says to enter that recipient’s address during enrollment; future status and rejection messages follow the supplied email. Check it carefully. After a correction, obtain or review the updated history and any separate screening report that used the old entry. Changing the court file, state repository and third-party report may require distinct follow-through.