St. Mary Parish Recent Bookings

Recent booking records for St. Mary Parish are published through the LA VINE system, which shows current inmates held at the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center in Franklin. The roster lists charges, bond amounts, and inmate identifiers and is updated throughout each day. All persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

LA VINE Roster for St. Mary Parish

The Louisiana Victim Information and Notification Everyday system, or LA VINE, makes booking rosters available for each participating parish. St. Mary Parish is an active participant, and you can access its current roster at stmary.lavns.org/roster.aspx. The roster refreshes approximately every 30 minutes, giving you a near-real-time view of who is currently booked into the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center in Franklin.

Browsing the roster is straightforward. You can view the full list of current inmates or filter by the first letter of a last name if you are searching for a specific person. Each entry on the roster shows the inmate's full name, date of birth, race, gender, booking date, charges, and bond information once it has been set. This data is publicly accessible without a fee or registration. If the person you are looking for does not appear, they may have bonded out, been released without charge, or been transferred to a state corrections facility. Check the LA VINE statewide roster page to view other parish rosters if you need to search elsewhere in Louisiana.

The roster is the fastest and most current source for recent bookings in St. Mary Parish.

The screenshot below is from the St Mary Parish LAVINE roster, the official public-facing booking page for the parish jail.

The roster refreshes every 30 minutes and is the most current public source for recent bookings in this parish.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office oversees law enforcement across the parish and manages the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center. Every arrest made by parish deputies or other local agencies in St. Mary Parish results in a booking record created at the law enforcement center. The sheriff's office is the custodian of those records and the correct agency to contact when you need an official copy of a booking report or an arrest record.

For contact information including the sheriff's office address, phone number, and office hours, refer to the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association directory. The directory covers all 64 Louisiana parish sheriffs and is kept current. When you submit a public records request, include the full name of the person, the approximate date of arrest, and a description of the specific records you need. Written requests are typically required, and copying fees may be charged. The sheriff's office must respond within the time limits set by Louisiana's public records statutes.

St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center

The St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center is located in Franklin, Louisiana. This facility serves as the parish's primary jail for people arrested in St. Mary Parish and held while awaiting court proceedings. It also holds individuals serving shorter sentences after a local conviction. The law enforcement center is operated by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office and must meet jail standards established by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.

If you need to visit an inmate at the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center, contact the facility ahead of time to learn the current visiting schedule, approved visitor procedures, and any identification requirements. Rules around mail, phone calls, and commissary are set by the sheriff's office and can change without advance notice. For inmates who have been transferred to a state Department of Corrections prison, they will no longer appear on the LA VINE parish roster. The DPS&C offender search tool, described in a section below, is the right resource for those cases.

What Is Included in a Booking Record

When someone is arrested in St. Mary Parish and brought to the law enforcement center, a booking record is created as part of the intake process. That record captures specific details. It will include the person's full legal name, date of birth, gender, and race. A booking photo may also be taken. The record documents the date and time of the arrest, the name of the arresting officer or agency, and all charges for which the person was booked. Each charge entry references the applicable Louisiana statute and includes a description of the offense. Bond amounts are entered once a judge or magistrate has made a ruling.

A booking record is not a criminal conviction record. The presence of charges on a booking record does not mean the person was found guilty. Charges may be altered by the prosecutor, dismissed before trial, or rejected by a jury or judge at trial. The booking record will not be updated to reflect those outcomes. If you need the final outcome of a criminal case, you must contact the St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court. The clerk's office maintains case dockets that track each case from arraignment through final disposition, including acquittals, dismissals, plea agreements, and convictions.

Louisiana Public Records Law

Your right to access booking records in St. Mary Parish is grounded in state statute. R.S. 44:1 defines public records broadly to include all documents, writings, and data created or held by public bodies in the exercise of their official duties. Jail booking records kept by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office fall squarely within this definition. R.S. 44:31 goes further, guaranteeing the right of any person to inspect and copy public records, with only narrow exceptions.

R.S. 15:587 deals specifically with criminal records held by law enforcement agencies. It draws a distinction between the kind of booking data that is open to the public and the kind of detailed criminal history files that are restricted to authorized agencies and specific requesters. The active roster data on LA VINE is in the open category. A formal criminal history compilation from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information involves a more formal process and often requires fingerprint submission. If a records request you submit is denied without a valid legal basis, you have the right under state law to challenge that denial in district court.

LA VINE Notifications and VINELink

In addition to the public roster, the LA VINE system runs a notification service designed to keep victims and concerned parties informed. Sign up at VINELink.com and register the name or offender ID of the person you want to track. You will receive alerts by phone call, text message, or email the moment their custody status changes at the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center. Changes that trigger a notification include release, transfer, escape, or a court-ordered change in custody.

You can also call the LA VINE hotline at 866-528-6748 at any time of day or night. Give the operator the inmate's name and the system will confirm whether that person is currently in custody. No online account is needed to use the phone line. This service is free and is often used by crime victims who want advance notice before an inmate is released. Support is typically available in both English and Spanish through the hotline.

Louisiana DPS&C State Offender Search

Individuals arrested in St. Mary Parish who are later convicted and sentenced to state prison are transferred out of the local law enforcement center and into a facility run by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Once transferred, they will not appear on the parish LA VINE roster. To find a state-sentenced offender, use the DPS&C offender search tool. Enter the person's name or offender number to see their current facility, their custody level, and their projected release date.

To speak with DPS&C staff directly, call 225-383-4580. For recent arrests where a person is still in the pretrial phase, use the St. Mary Parish LA VINE roster at stmary.lavns.org/roster.aspx, since state transfers occur after conviction and sentencing rather than during the period of pretrial detention.

Nearby Parishes

St. Mary Parish borders Lafourche, Terrebonne, Iberia, and St. Martin parishes, each of which operates its own sheriff's office and LA VINE booking roster.