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 26, 2026.
Moody, Alabama, in St. Clair County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Moody comes from a judge of the St. Clair 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: Moody public records, St. Clair County warrants, Moody arrest records, Moody inmate search, Moody criminal records, Moody court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Moody
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Moody that means the St. Clair 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.
For St. Clair County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at stclair.alacourt.gov (page title: St. Clair County | Thirtieth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (205) 594-2184, 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 Moody
The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Moody (filed by the FBI as Moody Police Department) serve warrants in and around Moody.
The Trussville Police Department and the Leeds Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including St. Clair County, so their arrests are not broken out for St. Clair County here.
A warrant issued in St. Clair 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 eight agencies in St. Clair County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,853 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Moody arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Moody 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 St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at stclairsheriff.org/inmate-roster. The Moody inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Moody on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Moody
Whether a warrant is out from Moody shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (205) 594-2184, 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 205-338-9429, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office at stclairsheriff.org/inmate-roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the St. Clair 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 Moody
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Moody starts with the Circuit Clerk at (205) 594-2184: 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 St. Clair County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at stclairco.com/160/District-Attorney, phone 205-338-9429.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Moody?
Not from the St. Clair 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) 594-2184.
Who serves warrants in Moody?
The agency that reports for Moody inside the city and the St. Clair 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 Moody held?
At the county jail, run by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Moody 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) 594-2184.
Is this the official Moody 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.