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.
Lawrence County, Alabama, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lawrence County comes from a judge of the Lawrence 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: Lawrence County public records, Lawrence County arrest records, Lawrence County inmate search, Lawrence County criminal records, Lawrence County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lawrence County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lawrence County that means the Lawrence 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 lawrence.alacourt.gov (page title: Lawrence County | Thirty-Sixth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (256) 974-2432, 14451, 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 Lawrence County
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Moulton, Town Creek, Courtland, North Courtland and Hillsboro serve warrants in Lawrence County.
The Trinity Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lawrence County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lawrence County here.
A warrant issued in Lawrence 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 five agencies in Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 523 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lawrence County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lawrence 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 Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.lawrencecountyal.gov/jail-info/inmates. The Lawrence County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
Whether a warrant is out from Lawrence County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (256) 974-2432, 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 256-974-2446, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lawrence County that means appearing before the Lawrence 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 Lawrence County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lawrencecountyal.org/district-attorney, phone 256-974-2446.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lawrence County?
Not from the Lawrence 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) 974-2432.
Who serves warrants in Lawrence County?
The Lawrence 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 Lawrence County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lawrence 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) 974-2432.
Is this the official Lawrence 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.