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 October 2, 2026.
Cumberland County, Kentucky, has about 6,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cumberland County comes from a judge of the Cumberland 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Cumberland County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cumberland County that means the Cumberland 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.
For Cumberland County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Cumberland.aspx (page title: Cumberland | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 270-864-2611, 112 Courthouse Square P.O. Box 395 Burkesville, KY 42717-0395, 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 Cumberland County
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Burkesville serve warrants in Cumberland County.
A warrant issued in Cumberland 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 two agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 185 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cumberland County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cumberland 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, held about 26 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings. The Cumberland County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
Whether a warrant is out from Cumberland County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-864-2611, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Cumberland County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Cumberland County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Cumberland County that means appearing before the Cumberland 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 Cumberland Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cumberland County?
Not from the Cumberland 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 270-864-2611.
Who serves warrants in Cumberland County?
The Cumberland 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 Cumberland County held?
At the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cumberland 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 270-864-2611.
Is this the official Cumberland 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.