Checking for a Warrant in Jonesboro
The Jonesboro Police Department wrote most local citations. The Mayor's Court keeps those cases, so start your warrant check at Town Hall.
- Call the police department at 318-259-2164 and ask whether a city process is open and which court holds it.
- Call the mayor's court through Town Hall at 318-259-2385 and ask for the docket and the next required step.
- Use the town's ticket lookup only for the ticket information it asks for, since it does not report warrant status.
- Call the sheriff's office at 318-259-9021 if the process is a parish matter rather than a town one.
- Call the Clerk of Court at 318-259-2424 if the matter is in the Second Judicial District, and ask for written confirmation once it closes.
Note: An empty result on the Jonesboro ticket page does not prove that no warrant exists.
Jonesboro Quick-Court Ticket Lookup Fields
Jonesboro links its payment page to a Quick-Court form titled Quick-Court Online Ticket Payments. Three tabs appear on the Jonesboro form: Defendant Information, Drivers License Lookup, and Ticket Number Lookup. You must supply first name, last name, address, city, state, and ZIP. A driver's license number or a ticket number is optional. That address requirement is unusual for a simple lookup, one more reason to use the page only for your own ticket. Nothing on the Jonesboro form reports warrant status.
Jonesboro Police and Municipal Court
Two offices hold the city's local process, and one court decides it.
Jonesboro Police Department
Chief Israel Smith
100 4th Street, Jonesboro, LA 71251
318-259-2164
Jonesboro Mayor's Court
City Judge Yumeaka Washington
Last Wednesday monthly, 10 a.m.
318-259-2385
Jonesboro Town Hall
128 Allen Avenue, Jonesboro, LA 71251
Weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
318-259-2385
Per the police department page, citations may be paid by money order at the station. Jonesboro also links an online route, so the two options sit side by side.
Follow the instruction printed on your own Jonesboro citation, and call the court if the two routes disagree.
The Jonesboro Mayor's Court Schedule
Jonesboro mayor's court convenes the last Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. The town asks for respectful dress. Penalty reductions or reconsideration happen one way only: appear before the judge and ask in person. The same page says not to contact the City Judge about a case outside a court appearance. So if you want a fine reconsidered, plan to stand in the Jonesboro courtroom rather than reach for the phone.
Jonesboro Warrant Types
A Jonesboro matter usually falls into one of four categories.
| Warrant Type | How It Arises | Who Issues It |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic warrant | An unpaid city citation or a missed traffic date | Jonesboro Mayor's Court |
| Ordinance warrant | An unresolved city code or ordinance violation | Jonesboro Mayor's Court |
| Failure-to-appear process | A missed municipal court setting | The city judge |
| District arrest warrant | A charge filed after an investigation | A district judge or magistrate |
The fourth category is not a Jonesboro city matter at all; it routes to the parish clerk instead.
Jonesboro Warrant Recall and Fee Relief
Jonesboro ran a program called Fresh Start, a warrant recall and fee relief month, from March 16 through April 13, 2026. Qualifying Jonesboro city court bench warrants tied to failure to appear or nonpayment could be recalled. Selected late, collection, and contempt add-on fees could also be waived. The underlying charge and base fine were not forgiven. DWI, violent and domestic offenses were excluded. So were probation matters, certain license-related matters, school-zone moving violations, and state agency holds. That window is closed. Ask the Jonesboro court whether anything similar is open now. The dated town notice gives the full program terms.
Read the notice as history rather than as a standing town policy.
Inside a Jonesboro Warrant Record
A Jonesboro city record is short next to a district file. Capture these fields when you read one or call the court.
| Cause or Citation Number | The town court's reference to the case |
|---|---|
| Defendant Name and Address | The name and address recorded when the citation was written |
| Violation Charged | The ordinance or traffic violation at issue |
| Court and Date | The mayor's court holding the matter and its scheduled date |
| Amount Owed | Fines and costs set by that court, which are not published as a schedule |
| Status | Open, paid, or the subject of a warrant, as the court reports it |
Jonesboro Warrant Payment Methods
The police department's page says citations may be paid only by money order at the station. Jonesboro also links an online payment route through Quick-Court. Both instructions can coexist. Check your citation first. Confirm with the court which payment method fits your Jonesboro case. The money-order rule in the Fresh Start notice belonged to that program alone, not to general town policy. Jonesboro publishes no current bond schedule or recall fee.
How Jonesboro Warrants Fit the County System
A Jonesboro city warrant and a Jackson Parish warrant are separate records. The city court holds its own cases. The town collects its own tickets. The sheriff serves district process, and the clerk keeps the district dockets, so a city warrant may never reach a sheriff's list.
Warrant flow: Jonesboro Mayor's Court and Police › Jackson Parish Sheriff › Louisiana state agencies
Want the wider county picture? Jonesboro sits inside that system. The Jackson Parish warrant records home page carries the full route through the parish courts and the public-records rules.
Jonesboro Warrant Contacts and Hours
City Hall sits at 128 Allen Avenue. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The police department is at 100 4th Street, listed as a 24-hour contact. The parish clerk keeps Room 103 at 500 East Court Avenue. Posted hours there run 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call before traveling. A counter that takes payments may not answer a court-status question. The town hall page carries the City Hall address and contact block for Jonesboro.
City Hall and the Jonesboro police station sit at different addresses, and the town's programs have used both.
Jonesboro Warrant Records and Public Access
The same Louisiana public-records rules cover Jonesboro city records as any others. One difference: a town court's file is small, so a precise request gets answered faster.
Key Rules:
R.S. 44:31 lets adults inspect public records unless another law says otherwise.
R.S. 44:32 covers office-hours inspection, reasonable copy fees, and written determinations.
Children's Code Article 412 keeps juvenile court records confidential.
Ask Jonesboro Town Hall or the mayor's court where to send a written request. Describe the case by citation number and date.
Jonesboro Warrant System by the Numbers
Jonesboro is the parish seat and the largest incorporated place in Jackson Parish.
The two population figures measure different things, and neither is a warrant count. No outstanding-warrant total for Jonesboro or the parish is published.