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.
Pope County, Arkansas, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pope County comes from a judge of the Pope 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: Pope County public records, Pope County arrest records, Pope County inmate search, Pope County police reports, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Pope County
In Arkansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pope County that means the Pope 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.
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.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Pope County
The Pope County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Russellville, Pottsville, Atkins and Dover serve warrants in Pope County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pope County: the State Park at Lake Dardanelle State Park (state agency); Arkansas Tech University (campus police); the Pottsville School District (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Pope County is whichever one finds the person; an Arkansas warrant is valid across Arkansas.
Together, the five agencies in Pope County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 935 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pope County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pope 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 Pope County Sheriff's Office, held about 190 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at popecoso.org/inmates. The Pope County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Pope 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 Pope County
The place to check for a warrant from Pope County is CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Pope County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Pope County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Pope County that means appearing before the Pope 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 Pope County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Pope County?
Not from the Pope 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Pope County?
The Pope 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 Pope County held?
At the county jail, run by the Pope County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Pope 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 Pope 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.