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.
Ozark, Alabama, in Dale County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Ozark comes from a judge of the Dale 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: Ozark public records, Dale County warrants, Ozark arrest records, Ozark criminal records, Ozark court records, Ozark police reports, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Ozark
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Ozark that means the Dale 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Circuit Clerk keeps that file.
For Dale County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at dale.alacourt.gov (page title: Dale County | Thirty-Third Circuit Court of Alabama), phone 334-774-8011, 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 Ozark
The Dale County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ozark (filed by the FBI as Ozark Police Department) serve warrants in and around Ozark.
The Enterprise Police Department and the Dothan Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dale County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dale County here.
A warrant issued in Dale 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 seven agencies in Dale County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,669 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Ozark arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Ozark 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 Dale County Sheriff's Office, held about 83 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Ozark on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Ozark
The places to check for a warrant from Ozark:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 334-774-8011, 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 (334) 774-9500, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Dale 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 Ozark
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Ozark that means appearing before the Dale 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 Dale County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at government-county.org, phone (334) 774-9500.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Ozark?
Not from the Dale 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 334-774-8011.
Who serves warrants in Ozark?
The agency that reports for Ozark inside the city and the Dale 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 Ozark held?
At the county jail, run by the Dale County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Ozark 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 334-774-8011.
Is this the official Ozark 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.