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 October 4, 2026.
Hale County, Alabama, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hale County comes from a judge of the Hale 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: Hale County public records, Hale County arrest records, Hale County inmate search, Hale County criminal records, Hale County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hale County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hale County that means the Hale 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 hale.alacourt.gov (page title: Hale County | Fourth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (334) 624-4257, 1001 Main St., Greensboro, AL 36744, 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 Hale County
The Hale County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Moundville and Greensboro serve warrants in Hale County.
A warrant issued in Hale 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 Hale County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 125 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hale County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hale 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 Hale County Sheriff's Office, held about 2 people on an average day in 2018 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at halecountyal.gov/sheriff, phone 334-624-3081. The Hale County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hale 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 Hale County
Whether a warrant is out from Hale County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (334) 624-4257, 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 334-624-1569, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hale County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor'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 Hale County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hale County that means appearing before the Hale 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 Hale County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at halecountyal.gov/district-attorney, phone 334-624-1569.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hale County?
Not from the Hale 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) 624-4257.
Who serves warrants in Hale County?
The Hale 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 Hale County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hale County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hale 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 (334) 624-4257.
Is this the official Hale 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.