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 between September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Bourbon County, Kentucky, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bourbon County comes from a judge of the Bourbon 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: Bourbon County public records, Bourbon County arrest records, Bourbon County criminal records, Bourbon County court records, Bourbon County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Bourbon County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bourbon County that means the Bourbon 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/Bourbon.aspx (page title: Bourbon | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 859-987-2624, 310 Main St. Paris, KY 40361, Monday 8 a.m.-4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Bourbon County
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Paris and Millersburg serve warrants in Bourbon County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Bourbon County: Bourbon County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Bourbon County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the three agencies in Bourbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 612 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bourbon County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bourbon 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 Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, held about 230 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County
The place to check for a warrant from Bourbon County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 859-987-2624, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Bourbon County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Bourbon County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Bourbon County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 859-987-2624: 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 District Court is handled by that court, not by the Bourbon Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bourbon County?
Not from the Bourbon 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 859-987-2624.
Who serves warrants in Bourbon County?
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Kentucky warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bourbon County held?
At the county jail, run by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bourbon 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 Court Clerk at 859-987-2624.
Is this the official Bourbon 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.