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.
Franklin County, Alabama, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Franklin County comes from a judge of the Franklin 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: Franklin County public records, Franklin County arrest records, Franklin County criminal records, Franklin County court records, Franklin County police reports, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Franklin County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Franklin County that means the Franklin 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 franklin.alacourt.gov (page title: Franklin County | Thirty-Fourth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (256) 332-8861, 410 N. Jackson Ave., Russellville, AL 35653, 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 Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Russellville, Red Bay and Phil Campbell serve warrants in Franklin County.
A warrant issued in Franklin 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 four agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,310 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Franklin County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Franklin County 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office, held about 97 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Franklin County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Franklin County
The places to check for a warrant from Franklin County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (256) 332-8861, 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 one Franklin County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 Franklin County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Franklin County starts with the Circuit Clerk at (256) 332-8861: 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 Franklin County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Franklin County?
Not from the Franklin 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) 332-8861.
Who serves warrants in Franklin County?
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Alabama warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Franklin County held?
At the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Franklin County 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) 332-8861.
Is this the official Franklin County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.