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.
Lee County, Kentucky, has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lee County comes from a judge of the Lee 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: Lee County public records, Lee County arrest records, Lee County criminal records, Lee County court records, Lee County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lee County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lee County that means the Lee 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 Lee County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Lee.aspx (page title: Lee | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-464-8400, 256 Main St. P.O. Box E Beattyville, KY 41311, 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 Lee County
The Lee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Beattyville serve warrants in Lee County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lee County: Lee County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Lee 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 Lee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 387 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lee County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lee 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 Lee County Sheriff's Office, held about 250 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Lee 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 Lee County
The place to check for a warrant from Lee County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-464-8400, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Lee County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Lee County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lee County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-464-8400: 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 Lee Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lee County?
Not from the Lee 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 606-464-8400.
Who serves warrants in Lee County?
The Lee 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 Lee County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lee 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 606-464-8400.
Is this the official Lee 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.