West Feliciana Parish Court Calendars Explained
The Twentieth Judicial District Court covers both West Feliciana and East Feliciana Parishes. Its local rules sketch a recurring framework for the West Feliciana Parish court calendar. The court publishes no stable, free daily setting calendar. That gap matters more than it sounds. Rules tell you when a division usually sits. That is all they do. Only a notice, an order, a minute entry, or direct confirmation tells a party when one case is truly set.
The West Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court maintains the district-court docket and daily minutes. The Clerk's official public-records route connects to the Cott service. It serves local civil and criminal records. Cott helps with case history when coverage includes the matter. It is not a live daily calendar. Pull the case record first. Then let the Clerk or the assigned division confirm any date that affects attendance.
West Feliciana Parish Court Division Weeks
The 20th JDC local rules assign the division weeks. West Feliciana Division A takes the second and fourth weeks of each month. Division B takes the first and third weeks. Watch for a week that starts with a fifth Monday. That week belongs to Division B as an office week in West Feliciana. These are handy planning cues for the West Feliciana Parish court docket. They cannot replace the setting written in an individual file.
Mondays and Tuesdays may serve as civil days for matters the court assigns. Wednesdays are civil rule days. Rules, trials, motions, and exceptions are generally heard then, unless extended testimony requires another civil day. The rules describe the court's rhythm, nothing more. They promise no open date, no session, and no tie to a particular caption. The Chief Judge sets holidays each year. Never read an ordinary weekday pattern as a holiday schedule.
Division A’s official court-administrator page identifies the division route for setting-related court administration. 
The division contact route helps confirm a current court setting after the docket and notice identify the assigned division.
Finding Your Court Date
Start with the right document. Use the one that called the matter for hearing. That is the core of a West Feliciana Parish court date search. Write down the details. List the case number or caption, court, division if shown, date, time, and setting type. Those details let the Clerk or a division office find the right entry fast. And if the notice says one thing, ignore the pattern. Never lean on a recurring Thursday or a division week. The notice itself controls.
- Read the citation, subpoena, notice, prior order, or daily minute entry. Identify the court and division before choosing a search route.
- For a district civil or criminal matter, use the Clerk’s Cott index through the official Clerk page. Select the published Verdict Civil or Verdict Criminal module after account access, and treat the result as case history rather than a guaranteed live calendar.
- Check the eClerks LA statewide portal only as an additional remote-access layer. It does not establish that every West Feliciana Parish setting or document is available there.
- Call the Clerk at (225) 635-3794 or visit the public counter in the courthouse basement at 4785 Prosperity Street in St. Francisville. Ask for the current public setting and the correct division, not a prediction from the rule schedule.
- If the court directs the question to a division, use that division’s court-administration contact. For a citation, follow the court or agency printed on it, because the Sheriff and Town of St. Francisville use separate traffic routes.
The counter route is free. The Clerk posts weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Louisiana law allows public inspection of eligible court papers during office hours, within limits. A phone call or counter visit matters most then. Think of a continuance, a reassignment, an emergency closure, or a missing online result.
Suppose you need setting history but the index is unavailable. Send the Clerk a focused written request. Include the basics. Name the court, caption or case number, date range, and the exact minute entry or order sought. The Clerk's P.O. Box is 1843 in St. Francisville. The posted contact route also lists WESTFELCOC@GMAIL.COM. Confirm the office's current method before sending any payment or request.
West Feliciana Parish Calendar Versus Index
Think of the local Cott path as an index and case-record access channel. The 20th JDC site, for its part, handles court administration. It posts rules, divisions, jury instructions, and remote-hearing directions. Neither one offers a real-time West Feliciana Parish calendar. No option lists every day's settings permanently. A docket entry can show plenty. It may say a hearing was set, held, continued, or moved. Confirm it before the appearance date.
Current-setting check. The newest case-specific notice, order, or minute entry has more value than the recurring court pattern. Confirm it with the Clerk or assigned division when the date affects an appearance.
Criminal electronic minutes for covered cases filed on or after January 1, 2020 have a separate public-access route under La. R.S. 13:5992. The statute does not convert the index into a live calendar. It does not require every document image. Traffic violations are left out. Trace a West Feliciana Parish traffic setting from the citation to its responsible court or citation agency.
Note: A recurring schedule shows the court's usual framework. The latest case-specific record controls a current West Feliciana Parish setting.
How to Read a Court Setting
A setting is the court's scheduled event for one case. Read the court and division first. Then check the date and time. After that, look at the type of proceeding. A West Feliciana Parish court docket may include a daily minute entry. The entry summarizes what happened after the event. That summary helps when no full filing image exists. Still, it is no substitute for the operative order or a direct instruction to appear.
| Date | The scheduled day for the case-specific event. Confirm the latest entry because an earlier date can remain in the history after a reset. |
|---|---|
| Time | The time printed on the notice, minute entry, or division instruction. It may relate to a docket call or an individual matter. |
| Court or Division | For 20th JDC matters, identify Division A or B when shown. A division route is necessary for a setting question the Clerk directs to court administration. |
| Judge or Duty Judge | The presiding judge or duty-judge assignment for the proceeding, if the public record displays it. The duty judge handles bonds and 72-hour rules. |
| Setting Type | Examples found in the local rules include civil rule day, motion, trial, exception, arraignment, status matter, misdemeanor trial, bond, or 72-hour rule. |
Never guess at unverified local shorthand. The court publishes no official West Feliciana code sheet of abbreviations. Ask the Clerk or the division what a label means, rather than assuming it matches usage in another parish.
West Feliciana Parish Court Thursday Hearings
Rule 15.0 sets Thursdays as the standing criminal-hearing day in West Feliciana Parish. Arraignments, motions, and misdemeanor trials land there. The duty judge takes up bonds and 72-hour matters along with other criminal court business, and a 72-hour rule can even run by telephone or live video. This is a scheduling custom, not a promise. It explains many a West Feliciana Parish court docket entry without meaning every criminal case gets a Thursday setting.
- Arraignment
- A criminal proceeding where charges and plea or counsel matters are addressed.
- Rule day
- The local civil setting day, generally Wednesday, for rules, motions, trials, and exceptions unless the court assigns another day.
- 72-hour rule
- An early criminal appearance or bond proceeding identified in the 20th JDC rules.
- Continuance or reset
- A change that moves a scheduled matter to a later setting. The newest entry should be confirmed.
Traffic and wildlife cases sit outside the ordinary criminal allotment. The West Feliciana Sheriff ticket instructions tell drivers to pay by the court date or show up in person. St. Francisville municipal matters may run through a separate town route instead. Before relying on any district-court schedule, read which court is printed on the citation.
Continuances, Resets, and Cancellations
A continuance or reset moves the next event to a new day. The old West Feliciana Parish court date can still sit in the docket history, and a later minute entry, order, or notice is what shows the change. A blank date on the index means nothing. Nor does a recurring rule day prove a matter was dismissed or removed. Read the latest public entry. Then confirm it while it is fresh.
For a district-court setting, call the Clerk first and ask whether the case sits in Division A or Division B. If the court sends setting questions to a judge's office, follow that division route. The court's rules and judge pages help with the routing, though the court publishes no standing weekly PDF calendar and no permanent video password. Holidays and closures can shift things too, so check again near the date.
Note: Write down the confirmation date and the office you contacted, so any time-sensitive West Feliciana Parish court-date check has a clear source.
West Feliciana Parish Court Video Hearing Steps
Remote appearances depend on the court's instructions for that specific matter. The official 20th JDC video-conference page walks a participant through it. Review the standing order. Call the applicable division for a password, use the unique meeting ID, and wait in the virtual waiting room. A link is not permission. Joining online is also no substitute for a docket search.
The court’s remote-hearing instructions show the division-specific workflow. 
Use the correct division information after confirming that remote attendance has been authorized for the setting.
Going in person? The 20th JDC FAQ lists courtroom dress restrictions and no-cell-phone guidance. Those access rules leave the West Feliciana Parish court date untouched. They simply help a visitor prepare once the court, division, and current setting are confirmed.
If You Miss a Court Setting
If a West Feliciana Parish court setting may have been missed, act fast. Pull the last notice or docket entry. Call the Clerk to pin down the court and division. Then follow any direction to phone the assigned division. A lawyer on the case is the right source for advice. Ask about the effect of a missed setting or how to seek relief. Never assume a prior calendar pattern tells you what happened in one case.
Missed a setting? The Sheriff’s ticket page warns that failure to appear or pay a citation can result in a bench warrant and/or driver’s-license suspension.
For any setting, obtain current information from the Clerk or assigned court office as soon as possible and preserve the case number, caption, and date checked.
For legal advice about a missed West Feliciana Parish court date, consult a licensed attorney before deciding how to proceed.
West Feliciana Parish Court Jury Reporting
Jury service runs on its own confirmation line. The court's West Feliciana jury instructions ask jurors to call (225) 635-3794 the evening before service for reporting details. That number covers juror reporting, qualifications, and exemptions. It does not list prospective-juror names or offer the public a case calendar.
The official West Feliciana jury page explains the reporting and courtroom-access instructions. 
The court also directs visitors to observe its no-cell-phone guidance, which is separate from a case setting.
The 20th JDC courthouse FAQ provides the court’s access information. 
Courthouse guidance helps with attendance, while the case record and Clerk or division remain the authority for the current court date.
Note: Jury reporting instructions cover service logistics, not an individual criminal or civil court setting date.