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 on September 24, 2026.
Perry County, Alabama, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Perry County comes from a judge of the Perry 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: Perry County public records, Perry County arrest records, Perry County inmate search, Perry County police reports, Perry County property records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Perry County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Perry County that means the Perry 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.
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Who Serves Warrants in Perry County
The Perry County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Marion and Uniontown serve warrants in Perry County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Perry County: Marion Military Institute (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Perry County is whichever one finds the person; an Alabama warrant is valid across Alabama.
Together, the three agencies in Perry County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 6 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Perry County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Perry 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office, held about 18 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail. The Perry County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Perry 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 Perry County
Whether a warrant is out from Perry County shows in two places:
- 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) 686-9061, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Perry County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Perry County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Perry County that means appearing before the Perry 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 Perry County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at perrycountyal.gov, phone (334) 686-9061.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Perry County?
Not from the Perry 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Perry County?
The Perry 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 Perry County held?
At the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Perry 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.
Is this the official Perry 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.