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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in Mercer County, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Harrodsburg comes from a judge of the Mercer Circuit Court or the District 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: Harrodsburg public records, Mercer County warrants, Harrodsburg arrest records, Harrodsburg criminal records, Harrodsburg court records, Harrodsburg police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Harrodsburg
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Harrodsburg that means the Mercer Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $5,000, divorces and appeals from the district court; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims, probate and juvenile matters, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 Court Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Mercer.aspx (page title: Mercer | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 859-734-8452, 224 S. Main St. Harrodsburg, KY 40330, Monday 8 a.m.-4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Kentucky has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Harrodsburg
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Harrodsburg (filed by the FBI as Harrodsburg Police Department) serve warrants in and around Harrodsburg.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Mercer County: Mercer County Schools and the Burgin Independent School District (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Mercer County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the three agencies in Mercer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 516 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Harrodsburg arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Harrodsburg Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest.
A person arrested in Harrodsburg on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Harrodsburg
The place to check for a warrant from Harrodsburg is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 859-734-8452, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Mercer County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Harrodsburg
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Harrodsburg that means appearing before the Mercer Circuit Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Court Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Mercer Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Harrodsburg?
Not from the Mercer County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Court Clerk at 859-734-8452.
Who serves warrants in Harrodsburg?
The agency that reports for Harrodsburg inside the city and the Mercer County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Harrodsburg held?
At the county jail, run by the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Harrodsburg 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 Court Clerk at 859-734-8452.
Is this the official Harrodsburg website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.