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 4, 2026.
Union County, Arkansas, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Union County comes from a judge of the Union 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: Union County public records, Union County arrest records, Union County inmate search, Union County criminal records, Union County court records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Union County
In Arkansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Union County that means the Union 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at unioncountyar.com/circuit-clerk.php (page title: Circuit Clerk | Union County Arkansas), phone (870) 864-1940, 109 Goodgame St. P.O. Box 524 Camden, AR 71701-0524, 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 Union County
The Union County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for El Dorado and Smackover serve warrants in Union County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Union County: the State Park at Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources and the State Park at South Arkansas Arboretum State Park (state agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Union County is whichever one finds the person; an Arkansas warrant is valid across Arkansas.
Together, the two agencies in Union County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,317 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Union County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Union 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 Union County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at unioncountysheriff.net/inmateRoster. The Union County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Union 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 Union County
Whether a warrant is out from Union County shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (870) 864-1940, 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 870-864-1960, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Union County Sheriff's Office at unioncountysheriff.net/inmateRoster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Union 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 Union County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Union County that means appearing before the Union 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 Union County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at arkprosecutor13.com/staff.php, phone 870-864-1960.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Union County?
Not from the Union 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 at (870) 864-1940.
Who serves warrants in Union County?
The Union 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 Union County held?
At the county jail, run by the Union County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Union 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 (870) 864-1940.
Is this the official Union 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.