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.
Craighead County, Arkansas, has about 116,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Craighead County comes from a judge of the Craighead 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: Craighead County public records, Craighead County arrest records, Craighead County criminal records, Craighead County court records, Craighead County police reports, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Craighead County
In Arkansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Craighead County that means the Craighead 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 Craighead County
The Craighead County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Jonesboro, Brookland, Bono, Lake City, Bay, Monette and two more cities serve warrants in Craighead County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Craighead County: Arkansas State University at Jonesboro (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Craighead County is good anywhere in Arkansas, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the nine agencies in Craighead County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,513 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Craighead County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Craighead 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 Craighead County Sheriff's Office, held about 290 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Craighead 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 Craighead County
The places to check for a warrant from Craighead County:
- 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 one Craighead County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Craighead County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Craighead County that means appearing before the Craighead 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 Craighead County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Craighead County?
Not from the Craighead 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 Craighead County?
The Craighead County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Arkansas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Craighead County held?
At the county jail, run by the Craighead County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Craighead 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 Craighead 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.