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.
Perry County, Illinois, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Perry County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court of Perry County, 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: Perry County public records, Perry County arrest records, Perry County inmate search, Perry County criminal records, Perry County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Perry County
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Perry County that means the Circuit Court of Perry County, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
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 Circuit Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/155/Perry-County-Courthouse/court (page title: Perry County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (618) 357-6726, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Perry County.
Illinois has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Perry County
The Perry County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Du Quoin, Pinckneyville and Willisville serve warrants in Perry County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Perry County is whichever one finds the person; an Illinois warrant is valid across Illinois.
Together, the four agencies in Perry County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,378 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Perry County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Perry 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office, held about 66 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail. The Perry County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Perry 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 Perry County
The place to check for a warrant from Perry County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (618) 357-6726, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Perry County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 Perry County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Perry County that means appearing before the Circuit Court of Perry County, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Perry County?
Not from the Perry County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk at (618) 357-6726.
Who serves warrants in Perry County?
The Perry County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Illinois warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Perry County held?
At the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Perry 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 Circuit Clerk at (618) 357-6726.
Is this the official Perry 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.