Tangipahoa Parish Sex Offender Registry

Search registered sex offenders in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana using iCrimeWatch, the public portal maintained by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office in Amite City processes all local sex offender registrations and compliance checks for this parish, which stretches from the Mississippi border south toward Lake Pontchartrain and includes the city of Hammond.

How to Search the Tangipahoa Parish Sex Offender Registry on iCrimeWatch

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office uses iCrimeWatch as its public sex offender search tool. You can access the Tangipahoa Parish sex offender registry on iCrimeWatch directly by entering a name, address, or ZIP code. The results show a current photo, registered home and work address, offense of conviction, tier level, and compliance status. You can also switch to the map view to see offenders plotted geographically across the parish.

iCrimeWatch supports email alert subscriptions. Create a free account on the site and set up notifications tied to a specific address or a radius around your home or workplace. You will receive an alert when a new offender registers nearby or when an existing offender moves to a location close to yours. This feature is useful in a parish as large as Tangipahoa, which spans from small communities along the Mississippi border to the larger I-55 corridor near Hammond and Ponchatoula.

The LSP statewide registry shown above is an alternative if you want to search across multiple parishes at once. It covers all 64 Louisiana parishes and draws from the same underlying records that populate iCrimeWatch. For a parish-specific search with additional features like alerts and map overlays, the iCrimeWatch portal is the better option.

If you prefer to search by phone, call the Louisiana State Police at 1-800-858-0551 between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM CDT. Staff can confirm whether a specific person is registered in Tangipahoa Parish and provide tier and compliance details.

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Contact and Registration Information

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Daniel Edwards. The main office is located at 110 N Bay St, Amite City, LA 70422. The main phone number is 985-345-6150. The sheriff's office handles all sex offender registrations for Tangipahoa Parish, including new registrations, address changes, and periodic compliance check-ins required by state law.

Any person who moves to Tangipahoa Parish, is released from custody with a local address, or changes their address within the parish must register with the sheriff's office within 3 business days. That same 3-day window applies to changes in employer or school location. Offenders are also required to register with Louisiana State Police and, if the address falls within city limits, with the local city police department. All three registrations are required by state law and none is optional.

Tangipahoa Parish is a large parish with multiple incorporated communities. Offenders in Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite City, Kentwood, and other towns all register with the sheriff's office regardless of which community they live in. The city police departments in those communities may also hold registration records for offenders whose addresses fall within city limits.

If you have a question about whether a specific person is registered or need to report a concern, call the sheriff's office at 985-345-6150. For state-level questions, reach the LSP hotline at 1-800-858-0551 during business hours.

Louisiana Sex Offender Laws Governing Tangipahoa Parish

Sex offender registration in Tangipahoa Parish is governed by the same statewide law that applies to every Louisiana parish. The main statute is RS 15:540, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law. This law defines who must register, specifies the check-in schedule, and sets penalties for non-compliance. Tangipahoa Parish does not add local requirements on top of state law. The rules are the same whether you live in Amite City or Hammond.

Tier classifications are assigned under RS 15:541. Tier I covers the least serious qualifying offenses and requires 15 years of registration with one check-in per year. Tier II applies to more serious offenses and requires 25 years with a check-in every six months. Tier III applies to the most serious offenses and means lifetime registration with a check-in every 90 days. The tier is set at sentencing and does not change afterward based on behavior or the passage of time.

What an offender must disclose at registration and at each check-in is set out in RS 15:542. Required disclosures include full legal name and any aliases, date of birth, home address, employer name and location, school address if enrolled, vehicle details, online screen names, and a current photograph. All of this information goes into the iCrimeWatch platform and the LSP statewide database. Both are searchable at no cost.

What Tangipahoa Parish Registry Records Include

Each iCrimeWatch listing for a Tangipahoa Parish offender shows their full name and known aliases, a current photo, the registered home address, employer name and location if applicable, school information if enrolled, the specific offense of conviction, assigned tier, and current compliance status. Most entries also display the date of the last required check-in. This gives you a clear view of whether someone is current on their registration requirements.

The iCrimeWatch map view plots each offender's registered address on a parish map. This is particularly useful in a parish the size of Tangipahoa, where communities are spread over a long geographic corridor. You can zoom in on specific ZIP codes or communities to see who is registered near a particular address.

For offenders recently released from state custody, check the Louisiana Department of Corrections sex offender registry page. A person released to a Tangipahoa Parish address has 3 days to complete registration with the sheriff's office. During that window, they may appear in the DOC system before showing up in the iCrimeWatch parish search.

Reporting Sex Offender Non-Compliance in Tangipahoa Parish

Non-compliance with sex offender registration is a criminal offense in Louisiana. If you think someone in Tangipahoa Parish is out of compliance, call the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at 985-345-6150. You can also reach the Louisiana State Police hotline at 1-800-858-0551 weekdays from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CDT. Anonymous tips are accepted at both numbers. You do not need to give your name to file a report.

Common violations to report include: failing to register within 3 business days after moving or being released, providing a false home or work address, skipping a required check-in, or not disclosing a new employer or school. If an investigation confirms the violation, a warrant can be issued and the offender arrested.

The LSP Troop information page identifies the state police troop that covers the Tangipahoa Parish area. Routing a report to the correct troop speeds up the response time when law enforcement needs to locate an offender quickly. For written reports, send correspondence to the LSP Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry Unit at P.O. Box 66614, Box A-6, Baton Rouge, LA 70896.

Nearby Parishes

Offenders near the Tangipahoa Parish border may be registered in an adjacent parish. Use the links below to check neighboring registries.