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.
Rabun County, Georgia, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Rabun County comes from a judge of the Rabun 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, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Rabun County public records, Rabun County arrest records, Rabun County inmate search, Rabun County criminal records, Rabun County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Rabun County
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Rabun County that means the Rabun 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 rabuncounty.ga.gov/superiorcourt (page title: Clerk of Superior Court | Rabun County GA), phone 706-960-9709, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Rabun County
The Rabun County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Clayton, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Dillard and Tallulah Falls serve warrants in Rabun County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Rabun County is whichever one finds the person; a Georgia warrant is valid across Georgia.
Together, the three agencies in Rabun County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 518 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Rabun County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Rabun 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 Rabun County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 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 rabuncounty.ga.gov/sheriff. The Rabun County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Rabun County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
Clearing a Warrant from Rabun County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Rabun County starts with the Clerk of Superior Court: 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 Rabun County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Rabun County?
The Rabun 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 Rabun County held?
At the county jail, run by the Rabun County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Rabun 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.
Is this the official Rabun 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.