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 24, 2026.
Clinton County, Kentucky, has about 9,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Clinton County comes from a judge of the Clinton 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: Clinton County public records, Clinton County arrest records, Clinton County criminal records, Clinton County court records, Clinton County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Clinton County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Clinton County that means the Clinton 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Circuit Court Clerk keeps that file.
For Clinton County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Clinton.aspx (page title: Clinton | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-387-6424, 100 S. Cross St. Albany, KY 42602, 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 Clinton County
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Albany serve warrants in Clinton County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clinton County: Clinton County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Clinton County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the two agencies in Clinton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Clinton County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Clinton 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 Clinton County Sheriff's Office, held about 24 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Clinton 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 Clinton County
The place to check for a warrant from Clinton County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-387-6424, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Clinton County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Clinton County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Clinton County that means appearing before the Clinton 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 Clinton Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Clinton County?
Not from the Clinton 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 606-387-6424.
Who serves warrants in Clinton County?
The Clinton 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 Clinton County held?
At the county jail, run by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Clinton 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 606-387-6424.
Is this the official Clinton 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.