Caddo Parish Background Check Records

Caddo Parish background check records are maintained by the Clerk of Court in Shreveport and can be searched through several online systems, giving you access to criminal filings, civil case histories, and public court documents for the parish. Whether you need records for personal review or legal purposes, this guide covers the main sources available to the public in Caddo Parish and through Louisiana State Police channels.

Caddo Parish Clerk of Court Records

The Caddo Parish Clerk of Court, Hon. Mike Spence, is the official custodian of all court records filed in the 1st Judicial District Court. The clerk's office maintains criminal and civil case indexes going back many decades. You can visit in person at Room 103 in the Caddo Parish Courthouse, or access records through the online systems described below. Staff can help direct you to the right index, but they are not able to give legal advice on how to read or use the records you find.

The office processes a large volume of filings each day. Criminal records include felony and misdemeanor cases filed in district court. Civil records cover divorces, succession proceedings, civil suits, and judgments. Both types are searchable through Clerk Connect and through the clerk's own inquiry system. If you need certified copies, those must be ordered in person or by mail with the appropriate fee attached.

The Caddo clerk's office offers e-Recording and e-Filing for attorneys and approved filers, which makes it one of the more accessible clerk systems in northwest Louisiana. Most public records, including criminal indexes, are viewable without an account through the free search tools.

The Caddo Parish Clerk website provides direct access to case search tools. The screenshot below shows the main clerk portal where you can begin a records search.

The Caddo Parish Clerk of Court website at caddoclerk.com is the starting point for most local record searches.

This portal gives access to criminal and civil case indexes maintained by the 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport.

Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office Records

The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office maintains separate records from the clerk. These include arrest records, incident reports, and jail and inmate information. Sheriff records are law enforcement records and are subject to different access rules than court records. Some information is public; other details may be withheld under Louisiana law.

If you want to find out whether someone is currently in the Caddo Parish jail, the sheriff's office typically maintains an online inmate roster or can answer inquiries by phone. Arrest records are often available for completed cases, though active investigation files may be closed to the public. The sheriff's office does not conduct background checks on behalf of the public. For a formal background check, you need to go through Louisiana State Police.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office website is shown below. You can find contact information, inmate searches, and other public safety resources there.

Visit the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office at caddosheriff.org for arrest records and inmate information.

The sheriff's office is a key resource for arrest and law enforcement records that may appear in a background check.

Note: Sheriff records are law enforcement records and may not reflect final court outcomes.

Louisiana Background Check System in Caddo Parish

Louisiana is what's often called a closed-record state when it comes to criminal history. Under RS 15:587, the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information (BCII) is the agency that controls access to the state's centralized criminal history database, known as LACCH. This database pulls together arrest and conviction data from courts, jails, and law enforcement agencies across all 64 parishes, including Caddo.

Most members of the general public cannot order a full background check on another person through the state system. Access is limited to specific categories of requesters defined in law, such as certain government agencies, licensed organizations, and authorized entities. However, anyone can request a review of their own record, and court records at the parish level are separately accessible to the public through clerk systems. So while you may not be able to pull a full state criminal history on someone else, you can search Caddo Parish court indexes freely.

The BCII processes background check requests and manages the state's fingerprint-based records system. Caddo Parish court data feeds into LACCH through routine reporting from the 1st Judicial District Court clerk and the sheriff's office. This is how a conviction in Shreveport ends up on a state-level background check.

Note: RS 15:587 governs who may access Louisiana's centralized criminal history database and under what conditions.

Right to Review Your Background Check

If you want to see your own Louisiana criminal history record, you have that right under RS 15:588. The process goes through Louisiana State Police and requires fingerprinting. You can schedule fingerprinting through IdentoGO, which is the state's contracted provider for live-scan fingerprinting services. The fee is $31, and if you submit by mail the turnaround is generally 15 to 21 days.

Once you receive your record, you can dispute any errors through LSP's formal challenge process. This matters because mistakes in criminal history records do occur, and they can affect how a background check comes back. If a record shows a charge that was dismissed or expunged, you have grounds to request a correction. The process involves submitting documentation to BCII and waiting for a review determination.

You can start the personal review process at IdentoGO to schedule fingerprinting, or read more about the process through the LSP BCII information page.

This is the IdentoGO scheduling portal used to submit fingerprints for a personal Louisiana background check review.

Searching Caddo Criminal Records Online

There are a few ways to search Caddo Parish criminal records online without visiting the courthouse. The most direct option for Caddo is through Clerk Connect, a statewide platform that many Louisiana parishes use to give public access to court indexes. Caddo Parish participates in Clerk Connect, so you can search criminal and civil case names from there.

eClerksLA is another statewide tool that offers free index-level searches across participating parishes. An index search shows you the case name, case number, filing date, and basic charge information. It does not show full case documents, but it confirms whether a case exists and gives you the information you need to request records from the clerk's office directly.

The Clerk Connect portal is shown below, which aggregates court index data from Caddo and other participating Louisiana parishes.

The Clerk Connect portal is one of the main tools for searching Caddo Parish court records online.

Clerk Connect allows name-based searches across Caddo Parish criminal and civil court indexes without visiting the courthouse in Shreveport.

You can also search through eClerksLA, which provides a free index search tool covering many Louisiana parishes. For deeper record detail, visit or contact the Caddo Parish Clerk of Court directly.

Cities in Caddo Parish

Shreveport is the largest city in Caddo Parish and the only city in the parish that meets the population threshold for its own records page. All district court filings for Shreveport are handled by the Caddo Parish Clerk of Court in Shreveport.

Other communities in Caddo Parish include Blanchard, Greenwood, and Vivian, but these do not meet the population threshold for individual pages.

Nearby Parishes

Caddo Parish borders several parishes in northwest Louisiana. Each has its own clerk of court and sheriff maintaining separate records.