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 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Cartersville, Georgia, in Bartow County, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cartersville comes from a judge of the Bartow County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate 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: Cartersville public records, Bartow County warrants, Cartersville arrest records, Cartersville inmate search, Cartersville criminal records, Cartersville court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cartersville
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cartersville that means the Bartow County Superior Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit; the State Court and Magistrate Court issue their own warrants on the cases before them. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Clerk of Superior Court.
For Bartow County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at bartowcountyga.gov/departments/courts/clerk/index.php (page title: Clerk of Superior Court), phone 770.387.5025, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Georgia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Cartersville
The Bartow County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cartersville (filed by the FBI as Cartersville Police Department) serve warrants in and around Cartersville.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bartow County: Chattahoochee Technical College and Georgia Highlands College (campus police); the State Patrol at Cartersville (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Bartow County is whichever one finds the person; a Georgia warrant is valid across Georgia.
Together, the five agencies in Bartow County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,913 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cartersville arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cartersville 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 Bartow County Sheriff's Office, held about 570 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jailroster.bc-cville.org/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/bartow. The Cartersville inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cartersville on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cartersville
The places to check for a warrant from Cartersville:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court at 770.387.5025, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 770-387-5080, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Bartow County Sheriff's Office at jailroster.bc-cville.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Bartow County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Cartersville
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Cartersville starts with the Clerk of Superior Court at 770.387.5025: 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 State Court and Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Bartow County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at bartowcountyga.gov, phone 770-387-5080.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cartersville?
Not from the Bartow County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Superior Court at 770.387.5025.
Who serves warrants in Cartersville?
The agency that reports for Cartersville inside the city and the Bartow County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Georgia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cartersville held?
At the county jail, run by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cartersville 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 Clerk of Superior Court at 770.387.5025.
Is this the official Cartersville 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.