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.
Hickman County, Kentucky, has about 4,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hickman County comes from a judge of the Hickman 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: Hickman County public records, Hickman County arrest records, Hickman County criminal records, Hickman County court records, Hickman County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hickman County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hickman County that means the Hickman 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 Hickman County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Hickman.aspx (page title: Hickman | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 270-653-3901, 109 S. Washington St. Clinton, KY 42031, 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 Hickman County
The Hickman County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clinton serve warrants in Hickman County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hickman County: Hickman County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hickman County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the two agencies in Hickman County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 72 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hickman County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hickman 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 Hickman County Sheriff's Office, held about 48 people on an average day in 2015 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Hickman 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 Hickman County
The place to check for a warrant from Hickman County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-653-3901, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Hickman County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Hickman County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hickman County that means appearing before the Hickman 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 Hickman Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hickman County?
Not from the Hickman 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 270-653-3901.
Who serves warrants in Hickman County?
The Hickman 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 Hickman County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hickman County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hickman 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 270-653-3901.
Is this the official Hickman 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.