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.
Powell County, Kentucky, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Powell County comes from a judge of the Powell 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: Powell County public records, Powell County arrest records, Powell County inmate search, Powell County criminal records, Powell County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Powell County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Powell County that means the Powell 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Powell.aspx (page title: Powell | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 606-663-4141, 525 Washington St. P.O. Box 578 Stanton, KY 40380, Monday 8 a.m.-4:30 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 Powell County
The Powell County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Stanton and Clay City serve warrants in Powell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Powell County: Powell County Schools (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Powell 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 Powell County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 375 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Powell County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Powell 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 Powell County Sheriff's Office, held about 230 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at powellcounty.ky.gov/elected/Pages/sheriff.aspx, phone (606) 663-2226. The Powell County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Powell 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 Powell County
The place to check for a warrant from Powell County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 606-663-4141, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Powell 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 Powell County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Powell County that means appearing before the Powell 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 Powell Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Powell County?
Not from the Powell 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 606-663-4141.
Who serves warrants in Powell County?
The Powell 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 Powell County held?
At the county jail, run by the Powell County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Powell 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 606-663-4141.
Is this the official Powell 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.