Recent Bookings in St. Martin Parish

St. Martin Parish recent bookings are listed on the official LAVINE roster maintained by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office. The roster shows who is currently in custody in the parish, and you can search it by name to find charges, booking numbers, and dates. This page explains where the data comes from, what fields are included, how to sign up for custody notifications, and what Louisiana public records law says about your right to view this information.

St. Martin Parish Booking Roster via LAVINE

The St. Martin Parish LAVINE roster is at stmartin.lavns.org. It connects the parish jail directly to Louisiana's statewide victim notification network. The roster is updated every 30 minutes throughout the day and night. You do not need to create an account to view it. Anyone can open it and search by name or scroll the full list.

The roster is the primary public source for St. Martin Parish recent bookings. It shows who is currently in custody, with basic identifying information and charge data for each person. This is maintained by the sheriff's office and reflects the current jail population as closely as a 30-minute delay allows.

The screenshot below is from the St. Martin Parish LAVINE roster page, which serves as the official public booking record for the parish.

The LAVINE roster is one of the fastest ways to confirm whether someone is currently in custody in St. Martin Parish.

What the St. Martin Parish Jail Roster Contains

When someone is booked into the St. Martin Parish Jail, a record is created and posted to the public roster. Standard fields include the person's full name, date of birth, race, and gender. Each entry also carries a booking number, which is the jail's internal identifier for that particular intake. Charge information is included, along with the booking date.

The booking record tells you the state of someone's custody at the moment of intake. It does not tell you what happens afterward. Bond may have been posted within hours. Charges may have changed. A case may have moved through the court system already. For that level of detail, you would need to search parish court records separately. The LAVINE roster is focused on who is in the jail, not on the outcome of any case.

Juvenile records are sealed under Louisiana law. No person booked as a minor will appear on the public roster. If a name is missing from the St. Martin Parish LAVINE page, age at time of booking is one possible explanation.

Louisiana Law and St. Martin Parish Booking Access

The public's right to see booking records in St. Martin Parish rests on several statutes. R.S. 44:1 defines public records broadly to include all documents made or received by a public body in the course of its official duties. The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office is a public body. Every booking record it creates is a public record under this definition.

R.S. 44:31 establishes the right of access directly. Any adult in Louisiana may inspect, copy, and reproduce public records. This right does not depend on who you are, your connection to a case, or your reason for asking. The sheriff's office cannot turn you away based on personal criteria. Under R.S. 44:32, if a public records request cannot be fulfilled immediately, the agency has three business days to respond or provide a written explanation of any delay.

R.S. 15:587 specifically addresses arrest records. It classifies them as public and applies that rule to every law enforcement agency in Louisiana, including the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office. The names, charges, and dates that appear on the LAVINE roster are covered under this statute.

All persons listed in St. Martin Parish booking records are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

LA VINE Alerts for St. Martin Parish Custody Changes

The LA VINE program, run by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, lets you register for automatic notifications about a specific person's custody status. If that person is released, transferred, or has a status change at the St. Martin Parish Jail, you receive an alert. The service is free and available to anyone.

You can also register through VINELink, the national system connected to LA VINE. VINELink is useful if the person you are tracking might be moved to a different state facility or transferred out of Louisiana entirely. Phone notifications are available through the LA VINE hotline at 866-528-6748, which operates around the clock every day of the year.

State Prison Records Beyond the Parish Roster

The St. Martin Parish LAVINE roster only covers the local jail. If someone has been convicted and sentenced to more than a year, they are typically transferred to a Louisiana state prison. At that point, their records move to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

You can search state inmates using the DPS&C offender search. If someone no longer appears on the St. Martin Parish roster, checking the state database is a logical next step. They may have been transferred to a state facility rather than released.

Note: The DPS&C search covers people in state custody only. It does not include local jail inmates or people who have been released.

Searching St. Martin Parish Recent Bookings by Name

To search the St. Martin Parish booking roster by name, go to stmartin.lavns.org/roster.aspx and enter the person's last name in the search field. The system will return matching entries from the current roster. If you get no results, the person may not be in custody, or they may have been booked under a different name spelling.

Try variations if the first search fails. Nicknames, middle names used as first names, and spelling differences can all affect results. If the name search is not working, you can also scroll the full roster and look manually. The list is public and fully browsable without any login. If you still cannot find someone, call the St. Martin Parish Jail directly for confirmation.

Booking data on LAVINE reflects the jail population as of the last update cycle, which runs every 30 minutes. Someone booked very recently may not yet appear.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes share borders with St. Martin Parish and each has its own booking roster and sheriff's office.