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.
Greenup County, Kentucky, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Greenup County comes from a judge of the Greenup 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: Greenup County public records, Greenup County arrest records, Greenup County criminal records, Greenup County court records, Greenup County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Greenup County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Greenup County that means the Greenup 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 Greenup County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Greenup.aspx (page title: Greenup | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-473-9869, 101 Harrison St. Greenup, KY 41144, Monday 9 a.m.-4:30 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 Greenup County
The Greenup County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Flatwoods, Russell, Raceland, Worthington, Greenup, South Shore and one more cities serve warrants in Greenup County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Greenup County: Greenup County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Greenup County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the eight agencies in Greenup County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 560 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Greenup County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Greenup 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 Greenup County Sheriff's Office, held about 100 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Greenup 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 Greenup County
The place to check for a warrant from Greenup County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-473-9869, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Greenup County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Greenup County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Greenup County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-473-9869: 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 Greenup Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Greenup County?
Not from the Greenup 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 606-473-9869.
Who serves warrants in Greenup County?
The Greenup 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 Greenup County held?
At the county jail, run by the Greenup County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Greenup 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 606-473-9869.
Is this the official Greenup 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.