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.
Jennings County, Indiana, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Jennings County comes from a judge of the Jennings Circuit and Superior Courts, 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: Jennings County public records, Jennings County arrest records, Jennings County criminal records, Jennings County court records, Jennings County police reports, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Jennings County
In Indiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Jennings County that means the Jennings Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. A city with a city and town 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 the Circuit Court.
For Jennings County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/jennings-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Jennings County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Jennings County
The Jennings County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for North Vernon serve warrants in Jennings County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Jennings County is whichever one finds the person; an Indiana warrant is valid across Indiana.
Together, the two agencies in Jennings County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 545 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Jennings County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Jennings 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 Jennings County Sheriff's Office, held about 91 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Jennings 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 Jennings County
The places to check for a warrant from Jennings County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Mycase.IN.gov, the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Jennings County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Jennings County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Jennings County that means appearing before the Jennings Circuit and Superior Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Jennings County?
Not from the Jennings County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Who serves warrants in Jennings County?
The Jennings County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Indiana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Jennings County held?
At the county jail, run by the Jennings County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Jennings 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 the Circuit Court.
Is this the official Jennings 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.