Checking for a Warrant in Bossier City
No single list holds every Bossier City warrant. A city ticket points to Bossier City Court, while an arrest adds a records step with the police.
- Note the court, the case number, and the missed date from the citation.
- Search the Bossier City Court criminal inquiry by case number or last name, with the case type set to Criminal, Traffic, or Both.
- Call the City Court clerk at (318) 741-8500 when a warrants entry is unclear.
- Call the City Marshal at (318) 741-8855 for warrant service.
- Call police records at (318) 741-8687 for booking material, not a warrant status.
Note: a blank Bossier City search covers only the one source you checked, not clearance.
Bossier City Warrant Search Fields
The City Court inquiry is the only public Bossier City form that returns a case record with a warrants area. Its controls set how wide the search runs.
| Field | Options | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Case or Ticket Number | Text | Matches one case |
| Last Name | Text | Finds cases by surname; no partial-match rule published |
| Case Type | Criminal, Traffic, or Both | City scope only |
| Filing Dates From / To | Date range | Narrows the filing window |
| Search Criminal | Button | Runs the query |
The Bossier City Court home page opens the inquiry, the clerk hours, and the payment links together.
Bossier City puts those items on one page, so the search form and the payment route are easy to mix up.
Bossier City Warrant Fines and the Balance Field
A Bossier City case record shows several money labels: fine, cost, other, payments, and balance. None of them is a bond figure. The balance is simply what remains owed, not a bond amount and not a no-bond flag. The page publishes no bond schedule, so bond questions go to the clerk or the Marshal. And paying an amount does not by itself clear a warrant.
Bossier City Police and Municipal Court
Bossier City Court is the municipal court for city charges. It issues the traffic, ordinance, and failure-to-appear warrants filed in Bossier City. The City Marshal serves them, and Bossier City Police keep the separate booking record.
Bossier City Marshal
620 Benton Road
Bossier City, LA 71111
(318) 741-8855
City Court clerk hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on weekdays, and Jim Whitman serves as City Marshal. For police records, call (318) 741-8687. The main line is (318) 741-8611, and the jail is (318) 741-8629.
Paying a Bossier City Warrant Through the Marshal
The City Marshal's page links an online warrant-payment portal. Its vendor takes card payments by phone at (855) 436-6817, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on weekends. That channel pays a Bossier City balance. It is not a warrant list.
Confirm Before You Rely on a Receipt: A receipt shows what was paid. Ask the City Court clerk or the Marshal whether the warrant was recalled, and get the next court date in writing.
Call the Marshal at (318) 741-8855 if you are unsure which Bossier City office holds the balance.
Bossier City Warrant Types
Bossier City warrants grow out of city cases, and the table names each common type with the office that issues it.
| Warrant Type | How It Arises | Who Issues It |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic warrant | An unpaid or missed city traffic citation | Bossier City Court |
| Ordinance warrant | An unresolved city ordinance matter | Bossier City Court |
| FTA or bench warrant | A missed appearance in a city case | Bossier City Court judge |
| Arrest warrant | A probable-cause charge after a city police investigation | A magistrate or the district court |
A search warrant covers property or evidence, not the record a Bossier City resident checks.
What Bossier City Warrant Records Do Not Show
Bossier City posts no citywide warrant roster, so the lookup works as a case index rather than a list of active warrants. A blank result does not prove that no warrant exists.
- No public citywide active-warrant roster
- No published legend for active, recalled, or served
- No bond field and no city amnesty schedule
A recent warrant, a sealed file, or a juvenile matter may not be indexed in Bossier City at all. The clerk confirms what the page cannot. Note: the city publishes no update cadence for the inquiry, so a result may be stale.
Inside a Bossier City Warrant Record
A Bossier City Court result opens as a case record with tabs. It carries the case number, name, filing date, case type, charges, disposition, court date, and a warrants link.
| Case Number | The court's locator. It is not a warrant number. |
|---|---|
| Warrant Number | not published in the inquiry; ask the clerk which identifier the court uses. |
| Charges and Type | Offense text and the warrant-area label. |
| Money Fields | Fine, cost, other, payments, and balance. Balance is not a bond. |
| Status | No public legend, so the clerk or Marshal confirms whether the warrant is active. |
Treat a match as a lead and let the court confirm identity.
Bossier City Crime Stoppers and Tip Channels
Bossier City Police link Bossier Crime Stoppers, which takes anonymous tips at (318) 424-4100 and may pay up to $1,000 for information. It is a tip channel, not a warrant desk. You cannot use it to ask whether a warrant exists. The reward does not change how a warrant is served or recalled.
How Bossier City Warrants Fit the County System
A city case stays with the city unless the charge or the arrest moves it up a level. Felony matters belong to the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court and the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court in Benton. Louisiana publishes no statewide warrant database gathering every city and parish file. For the wider picture, start with Bossier Parish warrant records.
Warrant flow: Bossier City Court and City Marshal › Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and the 26th JDC › no public statewide warrant database
When a Bossier City Case Shows FTA
The docket label FTA means failure to appear. In Bossier City it is a lead, not a final warrant status. A missed setting can produce a warrant, a new date, or another order, and the label does not say which. Call the clerk with the case number and the missed date, and ask whether a warrant is active and what the court wants next. If one is active, ask whether payment, a new appearance, or a motion is the route.
Bossier City Warrant Records and Public Access
Most Bossier City court records are open, but the right to look is not unlimited. A court can seal a file, juvenile matters stay confidential, and an open investigation can hold material back. The office holding the file decides what it can release.
Key Rules:
La. R.S. 44:1 opens records used in public business unless an exception applies.
La. R.S. 44:32 lets an adult examine a public record during working hours and get copies for fees.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 333 requires a warrant after a noticed failure to appear and has the clerk document the notice.
Juvenile and sealed material stays out of reach under those rules.