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 October 2, 2026.
Lincoln County, Kentucky, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lincoln County comes from a judge of the Lincoln 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: Lincoln County public records, Lincoln County arrest records, Lincoln County inmate search, Lincoln County criminal records, Lincoln County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lincoln County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lincoln County that means the Lincoln 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Lincoln.aspx (page title: Lincoln | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-365-2535, 101 E. Main St. Stanford, KY 40484, 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 Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Stanford, Crab Orchard and Hustonville serve warrants in Lincoln County.
The Junction City Police Department and the Eubank Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Lincoln County, so their arrests are not broken out for Lincoln County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lincoln County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the four agencies in Lincoln County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,042 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lincoln County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, held about 74 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at p2c.lincolnsheriff.org/jailinmates.aspx. The Lincoln County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
Whether a warrant is out from Lincoln County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-365-2535, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Commonwealth's Attorney, phone (606) 365-9161, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lincoln County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Lincoln County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lincoln County that means appearing before the Lincoln 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 Lincoln Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Commonwealth's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lincolnky.com, phone (606) 365-9161.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lincoln County?
Not from the Lincoln 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 606-365-2535.
Who serves warrants in Lincoln County?
The Lincoln 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 Lincoln County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lincoln 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 606-365-2535.
Is this the official Lincoln 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.