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.
Scottsboro, Alabama, in Jackson County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Scottsboro comes from a judge of the Jackson 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: Scottsboro public records, Jackson County warrants, Scottsboro arrest records, Scottsboro inmate search, Scottsboro criminal records, Scottsboro court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Scottsboro
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Scottsboro that means the Jackson 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at jackson.alacourt.gov (page title: Jackson County | Thirty-Eighth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (256) 574-9320, 102 East Laurel Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768, 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 Scottsboro
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Scottsboro (filed by the FBI as Scottsboro Police Department) serve warrants in and around Scottsboro.
The agency that serves a warrant from Jackson County is whichever one finds the person; an Alabama warrant is valid across Alabama.
Together, the five agencies in Jackson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,139 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Scottsboro arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Scottsboro 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office, held about 180 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search, phone 877-654-8463. The Scottsboro inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Scottsboro on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Scottsboro
The places to check for a warrant from Scottsboro:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (256) 574-9320, 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 custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Jackson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Scottsboro
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Scottsboro starts with the Circuit Clerk at (256) 574-9320: 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 Jackson County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Scottsboro?
Not from the Jackson 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) 574-9320.
Who serves warrants in Scottsboro?
The agency that reports for Scottsboro inside the city and the Jackson 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 Scottsboro held?
At the county jail, run by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Scottsboro 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) 574-9320.
Is this the official Scottsboro 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.