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 2, 2026.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, has about 241,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tuscaloosa County comes from a judge of the Tuscaloosa 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: Tuscaloosa County public records, Tuscaloosa County arrest records, Tuscaloosa County inmate search, Tuscaloosa County criminal records, Tuscaloosa County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tuscaloosa County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tuscaloosa County that means the Tuscaloosa 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Circuit Clerk keeps that file.
For Tuscaloosa County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at tuscaloosa.alacourt.gov (page title: Tuscaloosa County | Sixth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (205) 464-8260, 714 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, 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 Tuscaloosa County
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tuscaloosa, Northport, Lake View, Brookwood, Vance and Coaling serve warrants in Tuscaloosa County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tuscaloosa County: the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Shelton State Community College (campus police); Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility (state agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Woodstock Police Department and the Moundville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tuscaloosa County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tuscaloosa County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Tuscaloosa County is whichever one finds the person; an Alabama warrant is valid across Alabama.
Together, the six agencies in Tuscaloosa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,771 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tuscaloosa County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, held about 700 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at tcsoal.org, phone 205-752-0616. The Tuscaloosa County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County
The places to check for a warrant from Tuscaloosa County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (205) 464-8260, 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 205-349-1252, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Tuscaloosa County starts with the Circuit Clerk at (205) 464-8260: 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 Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at tuscaloosada.com, phone 205-349-1252.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Tuscaloosa County?
Not from the Tuscaloosa 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 (205) 464-8260.
Who serves warrants in Tuscaloosa County?
The Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County held?
At the county jail, run by the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Tuscaloosa 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 (205) 464-8260.
Is this the official Tuscaloosa 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.