How to Search the Stonewall Court Docket
Stonewall runs a Mayor's Court, and the town sets that calendar itself. There is no standalone public form for a Stonewall court docket search, so expect a phone call or a trip before anything else. A municipal citation, such as a traffic ticket, goes through the Town of Stonewall's Mayor's Court route. For a civil, criminal, probate, or family case, the 42nd Judicial District Court handles it, and the DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court keeps those court records. Each nearby office has its own job. Mixing them up only slows a docket search down.
- Read the citation or notice for the court name, case or citation number, and setting information.
- For a Stonewall Mayor's Court matter, use the town's published court notice and contact Town Hall to confirm the individual case.
- For a 42nd JDC matter, start with the DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court and the current ClerkNet route.
- For a public local record, use Stonewall's request process by mail, email, or hand delivery.
- Confirm the date directly with the named court because a recurring notice is not a case-by-case docket.
Note: The town calendar shows when Mayor's Court convenes, not which parties, cases, or results are on it.
Stonewall Mayor's Court Calendar
The Town of Stonewall's official 2025-2026 Mayor's Court notice sets court for the second Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. It is held at the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Government Plaza, 1746 U.S. Highway 171. That notice is the clearest local source of Stonewall court dates. It tells you the rhythm of sessions and nothing more. It is not a searchable list of individual cases. It is not a promise that your citation will be called on a given second Tuesday. A case number, party name, attorney, judge, or outcome appears nowhere on it. To learn whether a citation is actually set, call Town Hall at 318-925-9338 with the citation details in hand. A written notice or direct confirmation from the court beats assuming the recurring Tuesday pattern applies to you.
The Stonewall Municipal Court
Stonewall's Mayor's Court is the local municipal venue. It covers ordinance and traffic-level matters within its authority. The town's published court notice and public-records materials describe a local custody path of its own. The parish Clerk, meanwhile, keeps district-court records. Treat the Mayor's Court as a separate custodian, not as a feature tucked inside the ClerkNet index. Stonewall Town Hall sits at 1746 U.S. Highway 171, open 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Mayor's Court itself convenes at the Sheriff's Government Plaza in the same general area. The town offers no online case viewer. When you call, give the citation number, the date, and the type of record you need; that gets better results than asking vaguely for an online Stonewall docket.
Stonewall Court Custodian Split
One building can house more than one public function. The DeSoto Parish Clerk lists a Stonewall satellite office at 1746 Highway 171, Suite B, while the town's Mayor's Court notice points to the Sheriff's Government Plaza at 1746 U.S. Highway 171. Sharing an address changes nothing about custody. The Clerk does not hold Town of Stonewall Mayor's Court records, and the town clerk does not hold 42nd JDC files. Each office keeps its own docket.
| Record or question | Custodian route | Useful identifier |
|---|---|---|
| Mayor's Court citation or setting | Town of Stonewall | Citation number and notice date |
| 42nd JDC civil or criminal matter | DeSoto Parish Clerk | Party name, case number, division if known |
| JP matter | Named justice court | JP district and the summons or citation |
This split is the key Stonewall search fact. It keeps a satellite Clerk office, a municipal calendar, and a traffic ticket from being treated as interchangeable search channels.
Stonewall Court Dates and Settings
Stonewall publishes a recurring Mayor's Court schedule, not a case-level online calendar. Check the date printed on any citation, summons, or later notice against the town's current confirmation before you rely on it. For a district-court case tied to Stonewall, the setting may appear in a minute entry or order on file with the DeSoto Parish Clerk, though the assigned division or court administrator should confirm any future hearing date. Remember that a reset moves the date without wiping the older setting from the file.
| Date | The town notice gives the second Tuesday monthly pattern for 2025-2026; verify the date for the individual matter. |
|---|---|
| Time | The published Mayor's Court notice states 9:00 a.m. |
| Courtroom | DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Government Plaza, 1746 U.S. Highway 171, for the published town setting. |
| Judge | No individual judge field is published in the reviewed Stonewall calendar notice. |
| Setting Type | Mayor's Court is the published event type; the notice does not identify individual hearing types. |
For 42nd JDC settings, court administration lists 318-872-1366, and the Division B page lists 318-872-2291. Both are district-court contacts, not stand-ins for a Mayor's Court confirmation.
Stonewall Public Record Route
Stonewall publishes its own public-record request page. Requests may be mailed, emailed, or hand delivered. Shree' Young is named as the records custodian. The page links to a request form, a policy, and a fee schedule. That route works well for town-held public records. But it does not create a public online docket for every Mayor's Court case. Name the record you want, the approximate date, and any citation or case number you know. Send a court-copy request to the custodian who actually holds that court's file. A 42nd JDC case goes to the parish Clerk, not the town's request process. If the notice names a JP court, contact that district directly.
Stonewall Traffic Tickets
Where does a Stonewall traffic ticket go? The local calendar lists Mayor's Court as a venue for municipal traffic and ordinance matters. That is the extent of it. The listing confirms no online citation lookup and no all-purpose payment page. Keep your citation number handy. Call Town Hall before you pay, before you appear, and before you assume the recurring calendar date applies to you.
A nearby incident does not send every ticket to Stonewall. Tickets belong to whatever court is actually named on them. The DeSoto Parish Clerk does not accept traffic or fine payments, and the Clerk's criminal division says those usually go through the DeSoto Parish Sheriff. For the parishwide difference between a citation record and a court date, read DeSoto Parish traffic court records.
Stonewall Mayor's Court Notice
Think of the Stonewall schedule as a calendar notice, nothing more. It names the municipality, the event type, the recurring day and time, the venue, and the 2025-2026 notice period. That is all. No party names, no charges, no citation search. No results, and no list of matters set for a session. Those gaps matter. A schedule notice can never stand in for the actual court file behind a docket entry.
- Recurring setting
- A repeating court day announced by the town, not a personal case setting.
- Citation
- The written notice that should identify the court, response information, and case-specific reference.
- Current setting
- The date confirmed by the court or a current notice after any reset or change.
Use the published schedule to frame your request. Then ask the town directly. Confirm whether your particular citation sits on a current docket. That approach respects the limited scope of what the official notice actually provides.
Where Stonewall Cases End Up
Not every Stonewall case stays in town. Municipal matters may stay with Mayor's Court. District-level litigation from Stonewall goes to the 42nd Judicial District Court instead. The DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court maintains that court's civil, probate, juvenile, and criminal records. Some matters are instead justice-of-the-peace files. Those are governed by the relevant DeSoto JP district rather than the town calendar. Appeals from district-court final judgments move up to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal. So the paper in your hand, and the venue printed on it, tells you where the record lives.
Docket flow: Stonewall Municipal Court › DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court › 42nd Judicial District Court
The route depends on the venue shown on the court paper itself. For the parishwide view, the DeSoto Parish court docket breaks down the ClerkNet and lower-court split in more detail. Still, only Town Hall can confirm a Mayor's Court citation locally.
Stonewall Clerk Satellite Records
Need a 42nd JDC record near Stonewall? The parish Clerk's Stonewall satellite office is a practical stop. It changes nothing about who keeps the record. Lisa Lobrano Burson is the DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court, and her office maintains the district-court record categories the Clerk describes. Say upfront that your request concerns a district-court file. Staff at the satellite can then point you to the right parish information rather than the Mayor's Court calendar.
ClerkNet remains the current parish portal route. Louisiana simply has no single statewide public trial-court case-search box. The Clerk's Civil/Probate materials index cases by party name, and they carry a warning that the online version is not official. If the released index does not answer your Stonewall 42nd JDC question, contact the Clerk. Do not assume the Mayor's Court or satellite calendar fills the gap.
Public Access to Stonewall Court Records
Who holds the record decides who can reach it. Stonewall has its own municipal public-record request route. The DeSoto Parish Clerk serves as legal custodian for the 42nd JDC. A city or JP file does not land in the parish index automatically. Access can also shrink when law makes records confidential. A court can seal or expunge them as well. One caution bears repeating. A missing online result never proves a case or record failed to exist.
Key Rules:
Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure art. 251 - The Clerk is the legal custodian of court records and can certify copies subject to exceptions.
Louisiana R.S. 44:1 - The Public Records Law defines public records and custodians.
Louisiana R.S. 44:32 - Public bodies must provide reasonable access and copies under reasonable procedures.
Juvenile and sealed 42nd JDC matters are not ordinary public criminal information. Ask the correct office directly. Requesting an available public copy beats guessing at case status from an incomplete index.
Stonewall Court Request Details
Keep any Stonewall request tight. Give the person's name exactly as it appears on the paper. Add the citation or case number, the rough date, and the record you want. Then say which office you mean. It could be Mayor's Court, a town public record, or a 42nd JDC court file. That one line keeps a Stonewall town request from landing on the parish Clerk's desk by mistake.
Louisiana R.S. 44:35 gives you a remedy if the town denies a request or lets five days pass without a written determination or estimate. The statute cannot move venue, though. Keep a copy of your written request and note the date of any response. If Stonewall does not hold the docket, the notice in your hand names the court that does. The office can point you to the right custodian from there.
The court name on your paperwork settles the route. A Stonewall citation points to Mayor's Court. A parish docket question goes to the Clerk of the 42nd JDC instead. Match the case number and setting to that office. Your request then lands with the custodian who can actually pull the file. The two offices are separate. A clear label keeps them from being treated as one.