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 4, 2026.
Webster County, Kentucky, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Webster County comes from a judge of the Webster 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: Webster County public records, Webster County arrest records, Webster County inmate search, Webster County criminal records, Webster County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Webster County
In Kentucky an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Webster County that means the Webster 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 Webster County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Webster.aspx (page title: Webster | Kentucky Court of Justice), phone 270-639-9160, 35 U.S. Highway 41A South P.O. Box 290 Dixon, KY 42409, 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 Webster County
The Webster County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Providence, Sebree and Clay serve warrants in Webster County.
A warrant issued in Webster 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 four agencies in Webster County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 442 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Webster County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Webster 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 Webster County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 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 webstercountydetention.com/Webster_Inmatelist.html. The Webster County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Webster 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 Webster County
Whether a warrant is out from Webster County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-639-9160, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Webster County Sheriff's Office at webstercountydetention.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Webster County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Webster County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Webster County that means appearing before the Webster 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 Webster Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Webster County?
Not from the Webster 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 270-639-9160.
Who serves warrants in Webster County?
The Webster 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 Webster County held?
At the county jail, run by the Webster County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Webster 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 270-639-9160.
Is this the official Webster 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.