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.
Metcalfe County, Kentucky, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Metcalfe County comes from a judge of the Metcalfe 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: Metcalfe County public records, Metcalfe County arrest records, Metcalfe County criminal records, Metcalfe County court records, Metcalfe County police reports, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Metcalfe County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Metcalfe County that means the Metcalfe 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/Metcalfe.aspx (page title: Metcalfe | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 270-432-3663, 201 E. Stockton St. P.O. Box 27 Edmonton, KY 42129, 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 Metcalfe County
The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Edmonton serve warrants in Metcalfe County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Metcalfe County: Metcalfe County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 292 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Metcalfe County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office, held about 36 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County
The place to check for a warrant from Metcalfe County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-432-3663, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Metcalfe County pages SearchSystems verified (the court'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 Metcalfe County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Metcalfe County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-432-3663: 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 Metcalfe Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Metcalfe County?
Not from the Metcalfe 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 270-432-3663.
Who serves warrants in Metcalfe County?
The Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County held?
At the county jail, run by the Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Metcalfe 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 270-432-3663.
Is this the official Metcalfe 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.