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.
Knox County, Kentucky, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Knox County comes from a judge of the Knox 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Knox County public records, Knox County arrest records, Knox County inmate search, Knox County criminal records, Knox County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Knox County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Knox County that means the Knox 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 Knox County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Knox.aspx (page title: Knox | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-546-3075, 401 Court Square P.O. Box 760 Barbourville, KY 40906, Monday 8 a.m.-4:00 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 Knox County
The Knox County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Barbourville serve warrants in Knox County.
The Corbin Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Knox County, so its arrests are not broken out for Knox County here.
A warrant issued in Knox 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 Knox County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 933 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Knox County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Knox 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 Knox County Sheriff's Office, held about 310 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 knoxsheriff.org, phone 888-868-4631. The Knox County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Knox 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 Knox County
The place to check for a warrant from Knox County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-546-3075, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Knox County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 Knox County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Knox County that means appearing before the Knox 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 Knox Circuit Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Knox County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Knox County and Kentucky. These wanted and warrant pages from its Knox County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Field Services (knoxsheriff.org)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Knox County?
Not from the Knox 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 606-546-3075.
Who serves warrants in Knox County?
The Knox 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 Knox County held?
At the county jail, run by the Knox County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Knox 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 606-546-3075.
Is this the official Knox 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.