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 on September 23, 2026.
Audrain County, Missouri, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Audrain County comes from a judge of the Audrain 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: Audrain County public records, Audrain County arrest records, Audrain County inmate search, Audrain County criminal records, Audrain County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Audrain County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Audrain County that means the Audrain 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at audraincounty.org/circuit-court (page title: Circuit Court | Audrain County Missouri), 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 Audrain County
The Audrain County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Mexico, Laddonia, Martinsburg and Farber serve warrants in Audrain County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Audrain County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Together, the three agencies in Audrain County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 802 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Audrain County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Audrain 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 Audrain County Sheriff's Office, held about 45 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at audrainsheriff.com/inmate-lookup. The Audrain County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Audrain 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 Audrain County
The places to check for a warrant from Audrain County:
- 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.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 573-473-5860, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Audrain County Sheriff's Office at audrainsheriff.com/inmate-lookup, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Audrain County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Audrain County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Audrain County that means appearing before the Audrain County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at audraincounty.org/prosecuting-attorney, phone 573-473-5860.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Audrain County?
Not from the Audrain 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 Audrain County?
The Audrain County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Missouri warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Audrain County held?
At the county jail, run by the Audrain County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Audrain 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 Clerk.
Is this the official Audrain 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.