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 9, 2026.
Walker County, Alabama, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Walker County comes from a judge of the Walker 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: Walker County public records, Walker County arrest records, Walker County inmate search, Walker County criminal records, Walker County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Walker County
In Alabama an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Walker County that means the Walker 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at walkercountyal.us/home/courts/circuit-courts (page title: Circuit Courts | Walker County), phone 205-384-7268, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 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 Walker County
The Walker County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Jasper, Sumiton, Dora, Carbon Hill, Cordova and Parrish serve warrants in Walker County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Walker County: Bevill State Community College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Walker 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 six agencies in Walker County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,649 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Walker County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Walker 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office, held about 170 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at walkercountysheriff.com/index.html, phone 205-302-6464. The Walker County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Walker 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 Walker County
Whether a warrant is out from Walker County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 205-384-7268, 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 205-384-7272, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Walker 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 Walker County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Walker County starts with the Circuit Clerk at 205-384-7268: 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 Walker County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at walkerda14.com, phone 205-384-7272.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Walker County?
Not from the Walker 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 205-384-7268.
Who serves warrants in Walker County?
The Walker 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 Walker County held?
At the county jail, run by the Walker County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Walker 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 205-384-7268.
Is this the official Walker 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.