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.
Selma, Alabama, in Dallas County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Selma comes from a judge of the Dallas 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: Selma public records, Dallas County warrants, Selma arrest records, Selma inmate search, Selma criminal records, Selma court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Selma
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Selma that means the Dallas 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 Dallas County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at dallas.alacourt.gov (page title: Dallas County | Fourth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (334) 874-2523, 105 Lauderdale Street, P.O. Box 1148, Selma, AL 36701, 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 Selma
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Selma (filed by the FBI as Selma Police Department) serve warrants in and around Selma.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dallas County: Wallace Community College at Selma (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Dallas 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 two agencies in Dallas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 293 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Selma arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Selma 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 Dallas County Sheriff's Office, held about 140 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at dallascounty-al.org/County-Departments/Sheriffs-Department, phone (334) 874-2530. The Selma inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Selma on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Selma
The places to check for a warrant from Selma:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (334) 874-2523, 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.
Not one of the Dallas County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 Selma
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Selma that means appearing before the Dallas 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 Dallas County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Selma?
Not from the Dallas 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) 874-2523.
Who serves warrants in Selma?
The agency that reports for Selma inside the city and the Dallas 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 Selma held?
At the county jail, run by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Selma 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) 874-2523.
Is this the official Selma 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.