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 26, 2026.
Pocahontas, Arkansas, in Randolph County, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pocahontas comes from a judge of the Randolph 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Pocahontas public records, Randolph County warrants, Pocahontas arrest records, Pocahontas inmate search, Pocahontas criminal records, Pocahontas court records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Pocahontas
In Arkansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pocahontas that means the Randolph County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad (page title: Case Search, Arkansas Judiciary), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Pocahontas
The Randolph County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Pocahontas (filed by the FBI as Pocahontas Police Department) serve warrants in and around Pocahontas.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Randolph County: the State Park at Davidsonville Historic State Park (state agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Randolph County is whichever one finds the person; an Arkansas warrant is valid across Arkansas.
Together, the two agencies in Randolph County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 312 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pocahontas arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pocahontas 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office, held about 51 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at randolphcountysheriff.org/roster.php, phone 870-892-8888. The Pocahontas inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Pocahontas on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Pocahontas
The places to check for a warrant from Pocahontas:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 870-261-1747, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountysheriff.org/roster.php, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Randolph 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Pocahontas
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Pocahontas starts with the Circuit Clerk: 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 Randolph County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-261-1747.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Randolph County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Randolph County and Arkansas. These wanted and warrant pages from its Randolph County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted, Sorting by Posting Date (randolphcountysheriff.org)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Pocahontas?
Not from the Randolph County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, 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 Pocahontas?
The agency that reports for Pocahontas inside the city and the Randolph County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Arkansas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Pocahontas held?
At the county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.