Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Center Point, Alabama, in Jefferson County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Center Point comes from a judge of the Jefferson County Circuit Court or the District Court, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Center Point public records, Jefferson County warrants, Center Point arrest records, Center Point inmate search, Center Point criminal records, Center Point court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Center Point
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Center Point that means the Jefferson County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $20,000, divorces and appeals from the district court; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings in felony cases, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Circuit Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at jefferson.alacourt.gov (page title: Jefferson County, Birmingham Division | 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama), phone (205) 325-5355, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Who Serves Warrants in Center Point
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Trussville, Bessemer and 19 more cities serve warrants in and around Center Point.
The FBI's agency list also places five campus police departments, one state agency and two other agencies in Jefferson County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Helena Police Department, the Sumiton Police Department, the Argo Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Jefferson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Jefferson County here.
A warrant issued in Jefferson County is good anywhere in Alabama, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the 21 agencies in Jefferson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,082 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Center Point arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Center Point Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, held about 920 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.jccal.org/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/AL0010000. The Center Point inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Center Point on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Center Point
Whether a warrant is out from Center Point shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (205) 325-5355, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Alacourt, the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The District Attorney, phone 205-325-5252, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.jccal.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Jefferson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is not open to the public in Alabama, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Center Point
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Center Point starts with the Circuit Clerk at (205) 325-5355: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Jefferson County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at jccal.org, phone 205-325-5252.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Center Point?
Not from the Jefferson County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk at (205) 325-5355.
Who serves warrants in Center Point?
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Alabama warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Center Point held?
At the county jail, run by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Center Point cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk at (205) 325-5355.
Is this the official Center Point website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.