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.
Martin County, Kentucky, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Martin County comes from a judge of the Martin 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: Martin County public records, Martin County arrest records, Martin County inmate search, Martin County criminal records, Martin County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Martin County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Martin County that means the Martin 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/Martin.aspx (page title: Martin | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-298-3508, 14 Court St. P.O. Box 430 Inez, KY 41224, 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 Martin County
The Martin County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Martin County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Martin County: Martin County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Martin County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office reported 288 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Martin County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Martin 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 Martin County Sheriff's Office, held about 27 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at martincounty.ky.gov/elected/Pages/sheriff.aspx. The Martin County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Martin 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 Martin County
The place to check for a warrant from Martin County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-298-3508, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Martin 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 Martin County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Martin County that means appearing before the Martin 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 Martin Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Martin County?
Not from the Martin 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 606-298-3508.
Who serves warrants in Martin County?
The Martin 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 Martin County held?
At the county jail, run by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Martin 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 606-298-3508.
Is this the official Martin 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.