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 1, 2026.
Chatham County, Georgia, has about 307,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Chatham County comes from a judge of the Chatham 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: Chatham County public records, Chatham County arrest records, Chatham County inmate search, Chatham County criminal records, Chatham County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Chatham County
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Chatham County that means the Chatham 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.chathamcountyga.gov (page title: Chatham County, GA | Court System), phone 912-652-6700, 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 Chatham County
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office, the Chatham County Police Department and the agencies that report for Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Tybee Island, Bloomingdale and one more cities serve warrants in Chatham County.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, one state police unit, one state agency and three other agencies in Chatham County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Chatham 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 five agencies in Chatham County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,323 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Chatham County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Chatham 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 Chatham County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,310 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.chathamcountyga.gov, phone 912-651-3700. The Chatham County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Chatham 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 Chatham County
The place to check for a warrant from Chatham County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court at 912-652-6700, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Chatham County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Chatham County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Chatham County that means appearing before the Chatham County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Superior Court.
A missed date in a case before the State Court and Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Chatham County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Chatham County?
Not from the Chatham 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 912-652-6700.
Who serves warrants in Chatham County?
The Chatham 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 Chatham County held?
At the county jail, run by the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Chatham 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 912-652-6700.
Is this the official Chatham 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.