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 October 2, 2026.
Berrien County, Georgia, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Berrien County comes from a judge of the Berrien 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: Berrien County public records, Berrien County arrest records, Berrien County inmate search, Berrien County criminal records, Berrien County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Berrien County
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Berrien County that means the Berrien 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 Berrien County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=10 (page title: Clerk Results), phone (229) 686-5506, 201 N. Davis Street Room 230 Nashville, GA 31639, 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 Berrien County
The Berrien County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Nashville, Enigma, Ray City and Alapaha serve warrants in Berrien County.
A warrant issued in Berrien County is good anywhere in Georgia, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the four agencies in Berrien County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 394 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Berrien County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Berrien 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 Berrien County Sheriff's Office, held about 22 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at berriencountysheriff.com/offender-test, phone 229-686-7071. The Berrien County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Berrien 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 Berrien County
Whether a warrant is out from Berrien County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court at (229) 686-5506, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 229-686-7015, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Berrien County Sheriff's Office at berriencountysheriff.com/offender-test, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Berrien 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 Berrien County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Berrien County starts with the Clerk of Superior Court at (229) 686-5506: 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 Berrien County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/berrien, phone 229-686-7015.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Berrien County?
Not from the Berrien 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 (229) 686-5506.
Who serves warrants in Berrien County?
The Berrien County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Georgia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Berrien County held?
At the county jail, run by the Berrien County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Berrien 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 Clerk of Superior Court at (229) 686-5506.
Is this the official Berrien 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.