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.
Russell County, Alabama, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Russell County comes from a judge of the Russell 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: Russell County public records, Russell County arrest records, Russell County inmate search, Russell County criminal records, Russell County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Russell County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Russell County that means the Russell 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 russell.alacourt.gov/record-request-and-copies (page title: Russell County | Twenty-Sixth Circuit Court of Alabama), 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 Russell County
The Russell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Phenix City serve warrants in Russell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Russell County: Chattahoochee Valley Community College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Russell 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 Russell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,902 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Russell County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Russell 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 Russell County Sheriff's Office, held about 280 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at rcso.org/inCustodySearchFeed/95993e28b03bc264981509975a6e7269. The Russell County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Russell 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 Russell County
The places to check for a warrant from Russell County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk, 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 334-298-7963, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Russell County Sheriff's Office at rcso.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Russell County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Russell County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Russell County that means appearing before the Russell 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 Russell County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at russellcountyal.gov, phone 334-298-7963.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Russell County?
Not from the Russell 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.
Who serves warrants in Russell County?
The Russell 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 Russell County held?
At the county jail, run by the Russell County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Russell 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 Russell 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.