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 4, 2026.
Sullivan, Missouri, in Franklin County, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sullivan comes from a judge of the Franklin 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: Sullivan public records, Franklin County warrants, Sullivan arrest records, Sullivan inmate search, Sullivan criminal records, Sullivan court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sullivan
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sullivan that means the Franklin 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.
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 Clerk keeps that file.
For Franklin County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at fcmcclerk.com/case/search (page title: Search Records), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Sullivan
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sullivan (filed by the FBI as Sullivan Police Department) serve warrants in and around Sullivan.
A warrant issued in Franklin County is good anywhere in Missouri, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the six agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,212 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sullivan arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sullivan 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office, held about 180 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at franklinmo.gov/218/Sheriff, phone 636-582-8600. The Sullivan inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Sullivan on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Sullivan
Whether a warrant is out from Sullivan shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
Not one of the Franklin 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 Sullivan
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Sullivan that means appearing before the Franklin County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sullivan?
Not from the Franklin 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 file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Sullivan?
The agency that reports for Sullivan inside the city and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Sullivan held?
At the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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.