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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Boyd County, Kentucky, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Boyd County comes from a judge of the Boyd 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: Boyd County public records, Boyd County arrest records, Boyd County inmate search, Boyd County criminal records, Boyd County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Boyd County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Boyd County that means the Boyd 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/Boyd.aspx (page title: Boyd | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-739-4131, 2805 Louisa Street P.O. Box 688 Catlettsburg, KY 41129-0688, Monday 8:30 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 Boyd County
The Boyd County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Ashland and Catlettsburg serve warrants in Boyd County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Boyd County: Northeast Kentucky Drug Task Force (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Boyd County is good anywhere in Kentucky, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Boyd County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,924 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Boyd County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Boyd 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 Boyd County Sheriff's Office, held about 280 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 boydcountyky.gov/212/Boyd-County-Sheriffs-Office, phone 606-739-5135. The Boyd County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Boyd 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 Boyd County
The place to check for a warrant from Boyd County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-739-4131, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Boyd County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the records request page) 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 Boyd County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Boyd County that means appearing before the Boyd 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 Boyd Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Boyd County?
Not from the Boyd 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 606-739-4131.
Who serves warrants in Boyd County?
The Boyd 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 Boyd County held?
At the county jail, run by the Boyd County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Boyd 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 606-739-4131.
Is this the official Boyd 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.