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.
Spencer County, Kentucky, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Spencer County comes from a judge of the Spencer 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: Spencer County public records, Spencer County arrest records, Spencer County inmate search, Spencer County criminal records, Spencer County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Spencer County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Spencer County that means the Spencer 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/Spencer.aspx (page title: Spencer | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 502-477-3220, 27 E. Main St. P.O. Box 282 Taylorsville, KY 40071, Monday 7:30 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 Spencer County
The Spencer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Taylorsville serve warrants in Spencer County.
A warrant issued in Spencer 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 Spencer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 490 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Spencer County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Spencer 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 Spencer County Sheriff's Office, held about 62 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at spencercountyclerk.com/kentucky/spencer-county. The Spencer County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Spencer 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 Spencer County
Whether a warrant is out from Spencer County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 502-477-3220, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Commonwealth's Attorney, phone (502) 477-3225, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Spencer County Sheriff's Office at spencercountyclerk.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Spencer County pages SearchSystems verified (the court's and the prosecutor'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 Spencer County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Spencer County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at 502-477-3220: 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 Spencer Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Commonwealth's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at spencercountyky.gov, phone (502) 477-3225.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Spencer County?
Not from the Spencer 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 502-477-3220.
Who serves warrants in Spencer County?
The Spencer 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 Spencer County held?
At the county jail, run by the Spencer County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Spencer 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 502-477-3220.
Is this the official Spencer 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.