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.
Leslie County, Kentucky, has about 9,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Leslie County comes from a judge of the Leslie 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: Leslie County public records, Leslie County arrest records, Leslie County criminal records, Leslie County court records, Leslie County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Leslie County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Leslie County that means the Leslie 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 Leslie County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Leslie.aspx (page title: Leslie | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-672-2505, 22010, 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 Leslie County
The Leslie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hyden serve warrants in Leslie County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Leslie County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the two agencies in Leslie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 202 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Leslie County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Leslie 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 Leslie County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Leslie 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 Leslie County
The place to check for a warrant from Leslie County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-672-2505, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Leslie County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Leslie County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Leslie County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-672-2505: 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 Leslie Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Leslie County?
Not from the Leslie 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 606-672-2505.
Who serves warrants in Leslie County?
The Leslie 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 Leslie County held?
At the county jail, run by the Leslie County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Leslie 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 606-672-2505.
Is this the official Leslie 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.