The St. Tammany Parish Court Calendar
The 22nd JDC court calendar posts a general 2026 schedule, a duty-judge rotation, holidays, and calendar PDFs for Divisions A through L. Think of it as a division-level map. It is not a case-number lookup. A St. Tammany Parish court calendar entry might say a division is running felony jury-trial week, civil motion week, traffic court, juvenile court, or arraignments, but for one person's setting the court notice and the live case record still decide the question. Calendar duties split by venue. The parish clerk keeps the 22nd JDC docket and the court minutes. The district court itself publishes the division schedule. City Court of East St. Tammany maintains its own standing monthly docket, and Covington and Mandeville Mayor's Courts rely on their city citation and calendar channels. Start with the court named on your paperwork. Otherwise you may consult a calendar that is perfectly real yet governs nothing about your case.
St. Tammany 22nd JDC Calendar
Where the district calendar shines is in showing how the court operates week to week. You will see recurring blocks. These include felony motions, civil pre-trials, family matters, child-support settings, drug court, traffic court, and misdemeanor hearings. Holiday closures appear there too. That context helps a party separate two things. One is a general trial-week block. The other is a hearing notice tied to one case. The 22nd JDC calendar page is where those published PDFs live. The official page lays out the St. Tammany court calendar division by division.
A PDF can tell you the session type or a planned closure. It cannot substitute for the summons, the minute entry, or clerk confirmation on an individual case. Division pages fill the gap a calendar PDF leaves. They give the practical contact route. They name the judge's administrative assistant and, in some divisions, the court reporter or staff attorney. Division F, for instance, lists its traffic-court and DWI/Sobriety Court role. When a St. Tammany Parish court calendar shows only a broad session block, the division office can confirm whether your matter is actually on the live docket.
How to Find Your Court Date
Begin with the paperwork. Read the citation, summons, or court notice before touching any online source. For a 22nd JDC case, search the clerk-linked re:SearchLA portal by record number or name. Then open Case Details and the Hearings option when offered. Registration or sign-in is required. Portal results may point to the next hearing. But confirm any live setting against the paper notice and the responsible division.
- Identify the issuing court. A 22nd JDC matter routes to the parish Clerk of Court; east-parish City Court, Covington Mayor’s Court, Mandeville Mayor’s Court, and ward justice courts keep separate calendars.
- Use the notice first, then search re:SearchLA for a 22nd JDC record number or party name. Select the hearing detail when the case record exposes one.
- Compare the result with the 22nd JDC division calendar or the applicable lower-court calendar. City Court also has a standing monthly docket, while city ticket dates are tied to the citation and local clerk.
- When a date is uncertain or conflicts with online information, call the minute clerk or division administrative assistant. Civil Department calls route through (985) 809-8733, Criminal Department calls through (985) 809-8732, and the general clerk line is (985) 809-8700.
- Use the clerk counter or the court office if online access fails. Historical parish records may also require the archives route, and a lawyer of record can confirm a setting for a represented party.
re:SearchLA is the statewide remote-access layer the St. Tammany Parish clerk uses for district-court records. It does not combine lower courts into one calendar. A City Court or mayor's court notice belongs with that court's own clerk, not re-routed through a parish portal.
St. Tammany City Court Calendar
City Court of East St. Tammany handles cases from Wards 8 and 9. Its standing calendar covers City Arraignments, state and city traffic trials, misdemeanor trials, civil trials, evictions, small claims, probation matters, special settings, adoptions, and juvenile hearings. That makes it a handy map of the court's usual week. It is also the go-to source for east-parish matters that sit outside the 22nd JDC division calendar. One caution applies. The calendar itself warns that the docket shifts and fills as needed. So treat any listed date as a schedule, not a result. CINC and some juvenile sessions are marked closed to nonparticipants. The official calendar page shows those session categories. Scheduled parties get their notice from the clerk.
Need a specific City Court date? Check the paper notice and calendar first, then call (985) 643-1274. Keep in mind the monthly grid is a standing schedule rather than an exhaustive case list.
Reading a Court Setting
A court setting is simply a scheduled court event. In St. Tammany Parish, a setting may surface in a notice, a docket or minute entry, or the hearing view of the case portal. Read the fields together. A date alone, stripped of its court and setting type, can mislead, because the district court, City Court, and mayor's courts run different calendars in different places.
| Date | The scheduled day on the notice or the most recent docket entry. A later continuance or order can replace an earlier date. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated appearance time or docket-call time. The citation, court notice, or clerk confirmation controls for the individual matter. |
| Court or division | The 22nd JDC division, City Court, or mayor’s court that has custody of the setting. |
| Judicial officer | The judge, commissioner, or hearing officer shown in the record. Division pages identify staff and, where offered, virtual-hearing instructions. |
| Setting type | The event label, such as arraignment, motion, pre-trial, traffic trial, civil trial, probation status, or special setting. |
St. Tammany Court Setting Labels
St. Tammany Parish court calendars spell things out in full labels. There is no one parish-wide code list. The labels describe the purpose of a date, never the outcome. A pre-trial prepares the case for trial. A motion setting lets the court hear a request for an order. And a special setting is any non-routine hearing set outside the usual court block.
- Arraignment
- An appearance where a criminal or ordinance defendant answers the charge and enters a plea.
- Continuance or reset
- A hearing or trial moved to another date. The later notice, order, or docket entry is the one to confirm.
- Traffic trial
- A City Court calendar label for a court session devoted to traffic matters. It differs from a citation’s appearance date.
- Defer Payment
- A City Court standing-calendar label for a payment-arrangement setting.
- Drug Court matter
- A specialty-court setting associated with post-adjudication supervision and treatment.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A reset simply moves a setting to a new day. The St. Tammany Parish civil fee schedule charges continue-and-reset rule fees for the privilege. That tells you moved settings come up all the time in local civil practice. Reading the full notice, order, or minute entry beats guessing from a short label. Labels vary, and no universal reset-code list exists for this parish.
What about a calendar PDF that still shows an earlier date? Treat it as history. The case docket may carry a later notice, order, continuance, or hearing entry. General calendars get planned well in advance. For the current setting in an individual case, the court division, the minute clerk, or an administrative assistant can confirm what actually stands.
St. Tammany Court Reset Check
Checking a St. Tammany Parish court date works best in a fixed order. Start with the newest dated entry in the case record. Then hold it against the paper notice. If the two conflict, call the court office. The sequence matters. A civil filing or order can arrive before it is entered or scanned. A new setting can follow the old one while a static calendar still sits unrevised.
Some judge pages go further. They post Zoom links or hybrid-hearing instructions for particular family and motion matters. A virtual option is never automatic. The current notice decides whether you attend a St. Tammany Parish court setting in person, online, or both.
This confirmation habit travels across venues. A City Court standing date can fill or shift once the clerk schedules cases. A Mandeville citation may be too new for the city system to show. Covington points people to the citation and court contact for the individual appearance. In short, the St. Tammany Parish court calendar earns its keep only when paired with the proper court's current paper or clerk confirmation.
Note: a court calendar supplies context. The most recent notice plus direct confirmation from the division controls an individual court date.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Missed a setting? Contact the court that issued the notice right away. For a 22nd JDC case, the clerk preserves the case record, while the division office or minute clerk confirms the current setting. East-parish City Court, Covington Mayor's Court, and Mandeville Mayor's Court each run through their own clerk routes. Keep the citation, notice, and record number at hand when you call.
Missed a setting? A missed court date can have serious case-specific consequences, including a failure-to-appear action or another court order.
Verify the current status with the issuing court immediately and obtain legal advice if the matter requires it.
St. Tammany Court Calendar Closures
The 22nd JDC calendar marks holidays like Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any closure the governor declares. Seeing a closure listed explains a planned day off. It does not cancel a case by itself. Pair the calendar with a specific notice. Or call the office responsible for your matter.
Mandeville Mayor's Court posts event information through its city calendar, which even offers an add-to-calendar control. The city's official page lists each Mayor's Court setting in that event-specific format.
Give a Mandeville ticket time. The city says it may take up to two weeks to reach the city system. When a ticket has not posted or the date is unclear, the clerk is the confirmation channel.