Searching the Clinton Court Docket
Clinton has a clean split between local and state court records. For a town citation, the starting points are Mayor's Court and the TrafficPayment route. For a state civil or criminal matter, go a different route. Use the East Feliciana Parish clerk and the 20th JDC instead. Bring the right details with you. A citation, a case number, the issuing agency, and the date of a setting all help the correct channel find the record fast. One naming quirk is worth knowing. The Town of Clinton calls its local forum Mayor's Court. Its payment vendor labels it Municipal Court. Same forum, two labels.
- Read the citation or notice for the issuing agency and court name.
- For a Town of Clinton citation, use the official TrafficPayment endpoint or contact the town clerk.
- For a 20th JDC setting, open the East clerk's Court Dates calendar and locate the division and date.
- Use eClerks LA for the available statewide index, parish-search, or qualifying criminal-minute route.
- Confirm a date, record restriction, copy charge, or payment destination with the agency that holds the file.
Keep one limit in mind when you search. A town payment form and the clerk's calendar each capture a piece of the process, and neither one proves how a case finally ended.
Clinton Court Records at the Parish Seat
Clinton counted 1,340 residents in the 2020 Census/TIGERweb figures. Its court role comes from being the parish seat rather than its size. The courthouse, the clerk, and the sheriff's fine office sit close together in a compact cluster. Yet each handles a different job. The state district court serves both East and West Feliciana. The East clerk keeps the records path for the East parish alone.
The official 20th JDC FAQ lays out that division of labor. It separates clerk functions from sheriff fine handling. The split matters most when a docket question, a certified-copy need, and a fine notice all seem to point at the same corner of town. Each item still goes to its own office.
The official FAQ identifies the practical division of the local court offices.
Go by the office named on the paperwork. A courthouse's address alone does not make it the keeper of every docket, copy, or fine payment.
Clinton Municipal Court Basics
The Town of Clinton's government page names the local forum Mayor's Court. It lists sessions for every third Monday at 9:00 a.m. at Town Hall. The TrafficPayment vendor page calls the same citation channel Town of Clinton, LA Municipal Court. Keep both names in mind. The town and the vendor simply use different labels, not two separate courts.
For a local ordinance or town citation, start with the Mayor's Court schedule and the town clerk. A state case is different. The event may have happened in Clinton. Even so, a civil, criminal, family, probate, or district-court matter never moves to town custody. Those records stay with the East Feliciana clerk and the 20th JDC route.
Clinton Mayor's Court Calendar and Docket
Mayor's Court meets every third Monday at 9:00 a.m. at Town Hall. That schedule helps you plan a visit. Still, confirm a particular setting with the town before you rely on it, because the town publishes no public docket list or online calendar of individual cases. The recurring schedule tells you when court happens, not what any case result is.
The Town of Clinton government page is the official source for the Mayor's Court name, contact details, and meeting information.
When you call to confirm a local setting, use the town's own term, Mayor's Court. The payment vendor may label the court differently, but the town's wording is the one that counts.
Court Dates and Settings in Clinton
For district-court dates, use the East Feliciana clerk's official Court Dates page. It is a monthly index that links out to daily docket detail. The calendar names Division A and Division B. Division A sits with Judge Kathryn E. Jones. Division B sits with Judge Sydney Picou Walker. A date on the list shows a division's scheduled day. It does not promise a hearing. A matter may not stay on the list or reach any outcome. Treat it as a schedule, not a result.
| Date | The calendar date for the district-court division or the Mayor's Court schedule. |
|---|---|
| Division | Division A or Division B appears on the 20th JDC calendar, not on the documented town schedule. |
| Judge | The daily district docket can identify the presiding judge; confirm a local town setting with the town. |
| Docket Number | A daily-docket field for state matters; no local case-number convention is established here. |
| Setting Type | A scheduled appearance, not proof of a final decision, payment, or case status. |
If a date moves or drops off the calendar, call the division rather than guessing. A missing or shifted entry is never proof of what happened in a case.
Clinton Court Cluster Locations
Three published addresses sit within blocks of each other, and they stay distinct. The 20th JDC East courthouse is at 12220 St. Helena Street. The East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court sits across the street. Its address is 12305 St. Helena Street. The sheriff's traffic and fine office is the red-brick building at 11315 Bank Street. Walking distance does not merge their duties.
East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court
12305 St. Helena Street
Clinton, LA 70722
225-683-5145
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The clerk is the office to see for district-court records and public inspection. The sheriff handles its own traffic and fine duties, and the town keeps its Mayor's Court path separate from both.
Traffic Tickets in Clinton
Town citations use a documented vendor route at TrafficPayment. That route covers the Town of Clinton citation channel only. It does not handle every East Feliciana traffic matter. Miss the due date and the vendor warns a citation can show Warrant Status. It also directs you to call the town at 225-683-5531. Always confirm the issuer before paying or assuming a citation belongs in the town system.
State Police and sheriff citations are different. Follow the parish traffic instructions printed on the citation itself. The East sheriff is the published route for those. The district clerk's qualifying criminal-minute-entry access, meanwhile, leaves out traffic violations.
Clinton Citation Payment Record Fields
Paying a Clinton ticket online through the town's TrafficPayment form means entering specific details. Those are first and last name, driver's-license number, license state, ticket number, and payment amount. The form also asks for a mobile number or email. That contact receives a one-time six-digit passcode, and a captcha guards the submission. Every one of these fields serves the town's own payment process. None of them belongs in a docket search or a records request to the clerk. Sending license details or a ticket number to the wrong office just slows things down.
The official Town of Clinton records page backs up the town's separate request route. It also confirms its stated response time.
Expect a wait on town records. The town allows itself up to 72 hours to answer a public-record request, and duplicate fees may apply. That clock and those fees are the town's own, separate from the parish clerk's copy process for district-court files.
Where Clinton Cases Go
A Mayor's Court matter stays on the town's local route. It only leaves under certain conditions. The nature of the case or its procedure can send it somewhere else. Broader state civil and criminal matters go to the Twentieth Judicial District Court of Louisiana, East Feliciana Parish division. The East clerk holds the parish record path for those cases. That division line is a true jurisdiction boundary, not just a change of address.
Docket flow: Clinton Mayor's Court or local citation route › East Feliciana Parish clerk records › Twentieth Judicial District Court of Louisiana (20th JDC), East Feliciana Parish division
Appeals from state court go to the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit. Federal cases run through the Middle District of Louisiana and its own separate access system.
Clinton Federal Court Record Boundary
Federal records live outside the local docket. Civil, criminal, and bankruptcy files from federal court are not held by the town. The parish clerk does not hold them either. A federal case tied to Clinton is reached through federal PACER procedures. Those run through the Middle District of Louisiana. The Town of Clinton payment portal will not carry it. Neither will the 20th JDC daily docket. Keeping that boundary straight stops a state-court record request from landing on the wrong desk.
The official PACER pricing page serves as the federal-access reference for those costs.
Federal access is its own channel. So a town citation or a parish docket date will not turn up in a PACER search.
Clinton Court Record Access Rules
Match the request to the office. A Mayor's Court or town record goes through the Town of Clinton's own record route, within the town's stated response window. District-court records belong to the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court, which allows ordinary public inspection during published weekday hours and charges for copies. Limits still apply, though. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, protected, and court-restricted information can be withheld or redacted.
Key rules:
Louisiana R.S. 44:1 defines public records broadly, including electronic records held by public bodies, subject to exceptions.
Louisiana CCP Art. 971 removes an expunged record from public access without destroying the record.
Louisiana CCP Art. 973 addresses confidentiality and limited authorized access after expungement.
Clinton Town Record Request Timing
The Town of Clinton departments page sets the timing for town requests: up to 72 hours. Duplicate fees are possible too. A sharp request names the town record sought, its date, and any citation or file number. It also says whether you want inspection or a copy. That path covers town-held material only. It does not replace a request to David Dart for a 20th JDC record.
Clinton hosts several offices in one small town, and each keeps a different record set. The courthouse, the clerk, the sheriff, and Mayor's Court all sit locally. Splitting town requests from parish requests keeps the process clean for everyone.
Clinton Court Record Planning
Clinton's court cluster puts several offices within reach. But closeness does not mean shared records. The 20th JDC courthouse sits at 12220 St. Helena Street. The clerk at 12305 St. Helena Street maintains district-court files, inspection, copies, and related functions. The sheriff fine location at 11315 Bank Street handles the local sheriff traffic and fine route. Town Hall adds a fourth channel through Mayor's Court and its TrafficPayment service. Ask each office only about what it keeps.
For a state setting, start with the clerk's monthly Court Dates page. Pull the daily docket detail for the listed date. The daily detail can list date, judge, division, clerk, reporter, bailiff, docket number, plaintiff court ID, and defendant. Still, it is a snapshot. It does not show every filing, establish a conviction, or prove a payment. When the calendar falls short, request the minute entry, judgment, pleading, transcript, or certified copy from the office that maintains it.
A Clinton town citation carries two labels. The town calls its forum Mayor's Court; the vendor calls it Municipal Court. Keep both names in mind when you contact the town. The payment form wants citation-specific information, including ticket and license details. Treat it as a payment tool. It is not a general docket query. The town's 72-hour response statement covers town material, while the clerk's weekday inspection route covers district-court records. Keep those two request paths apart.
Federal cases sit outside the local trial-file route. Federal bankruptcy matters and First Circuit appeals sit there too. A state trial docket, a town payment record, and a federal PACER file are different systems. A Clinton address in the underlying matter does not change that.
Clinton Docket Follow-Up
Different offices hold different records in Clinton. Confirm which office owns the record before you travel, pay, or order a copy, then use the court, clerk, sheriff, or town channel that record actually names.