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.
Oldham County, Kentucky, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Oldham County comes from a judge of the Oldham 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: Oldham County public records, Oldham County arrest records, Oldham County inmate search, Oldham County criminal records, Oldham County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Oldham County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Oldham County that means the Oldham 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 Oldham County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Oldham.aspx (page title: Oldham | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 502-222-9837, 100 W. Main St. La Grange, KY 40031, 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 Oldham County
The Oldham County Sheriff's Office, the Oldham County Police Department and the agencies that report for La Grange and Pewee Valley serve warrants in Oldham County.
The Prospect Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Oldham County, so its arrests are not broken out for Oldham County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Oldham County is whichever one finds the person; a Kentucky warrant is valid across Kentucky.
Together, the four agencies in Oldham County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 921 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Oldham County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Oldham 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 Oldham County Sheriff's Office, held about 260 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at oldhamcountysheriff.com. The Oldham County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Oldham 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 Oldham County
Whether a warrant is out from Oldham County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 502-222-9837, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Oldham County Sheriff's Office at oldhamcountysheriff.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Oldham 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 Oldham County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Oldham County that means appearing before the Oldham 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 Oldham Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Oldham County?
Not from the Oldham 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 502-222-9837.
Who serves warrants in Oldham County?
The Oldham 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 Oldham County held?
At the county jail, run by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Oldham 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 502-222-9837.
Is this the official Oldham 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.