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 23, 2026.
Murray County, Georgia, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Murray County comes from a judge of the Murray 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: Murray County public records, Murray County arrest records, Murray County inmate search, Murray County criminal records, Murray County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Murray County
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Murray County that means the Murray 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 gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=105 (page title: Clerk Results), phone (706) 695-2932, 121 N. Third Ave. P.O. Box 1000 Chatsworth, GA 30705, 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 Murray County
The Murray County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Chatsworth and Eton serve warrants in Murray County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Murray County is whichever one finds the person; a Georgia warrant is valid across Georgia.
Together, the three agencies in Murray County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,169 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Murray County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Murray 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 Murray County Sheriff's Office, held about 170 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 murraycountyga.org/165/Sheriffs-Office, phone (706) 695-4592. The Murray County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Murray 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 Murray County
The places to check for a warrant from Murray County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court at (706) 695-2932, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 706-695-4811, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Murray 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 Murray County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Murray County that means appearing before the Murray 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 Murray County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at murraycountyga.org/82/District-Attorney, phone 706-695-4811.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Murray County?
Not from the Murray 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 (706) 695-2932.
Who serves warrants in Murray County?
The Murray 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 Murray County held?
At the county jail, run by the Murray County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Murray 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 (706) 695-2932.
Is this the official Murray 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.