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 September 30, 2026.
Glencoe, Alabama, in Etowah County, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Glencoe comes from a judge of the Etowah 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: Glencoe public records, Etowah County warrants, Glencoe arrest records, Glencoe criminal records, Glencoe court records, Glencoe police reports, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Glencoe
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Glencoe that means the Etowah 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 etowah.alacourt.gov (page title: Etowah County | Sixteenth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone 256-549-5372, 801 Forrest Ave., Gadsden, AL 35901, 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 Glencoe
The Etowah County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Glencoe (filed by the FBI as Glencoe Police Department) serve warrants in and around Glencoe.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Etowah County: Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Boaz Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Etowah County, so its arrests are not broken out for Etowah County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Etowah County is whichever one finds the person; an Alabama warrant is valid across Alabama.
Together, the nine agencies in Etowah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,429 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Glencoe arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Glencoe 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 Etowah County Sheriff's Office, held about 510 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Glencoe on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Glencoe
Whether a warrant is out from Glencoe shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 256-549-5372, 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Etowah County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Glencoe
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Glencoe that means appearing before the Etowah County Circuit Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Etowah County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at etowahda.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Glencoe?
Not from the Etowah 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 256-549-5372.
Who serves warrants in Glencoe?
The agency that reports for Glencoe inside the city and the Etowah County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Alabama warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Glencoe held?
At the county jail, run by the Etowah County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Glencoe 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 256-549-5372.
Is this the official Glencoe 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.