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 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Ferguson, Missouri, in St. Louis County, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Ferguson comes from a judge of the St. Louis County Circuit 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: Ferguson public records, St. Louis County warrants, Ferguson arrest records, Ferguson inmate search, Ferguson criminal records, Ferguson court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Ferguson
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Ferguson that means the St. Louis County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, with associate circuit judges taking misdemeanors, traffic and small claims. A city with a municipal divisions of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Clerk.
For St. Louis County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=4714 (page title: St. Louis County Local Rules & Filing Information), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Ferguson
The agency that reports for Eureka serves warrants in and around Ferguson.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies and three campus police departments in St. Louis County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Pacific Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including St. Louis County, so its arrests are not broken out for St. Louis County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Louis County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Eureka reported 332 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Ferguson arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Ferguson Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail held about 1,140 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at stlouiscountypolice.com/citizen-resources/jail-inmate-information. The Ferguson inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Ferguson on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Ferguson
The places to check for a warrant from Ferguson:
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The custody page of the sheriff's office at stlouiscountypolice.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the St. Louis County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Ferguson
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Ferguson starts with the Circuit Clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Ferguson?
Not from the St. Louis County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Ferguson?
The police agency that finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Ferguson held?
At the county jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Ferguson 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 Clerk.
Is this the official Ferguson website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.