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.
Cedar County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cedar County comes from a judge of the Cedar 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: Cedar County public records, Cedar County arrest records, Cedar County inmate search, Cedar County criminal records, Cedar County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cedar County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cedar County that means the Cedar 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 cedarcountymo.gov/circuit-clerk (page title: Circuit Clerk | Cedar County Missouri), phone 417.276.6700, 113 South Street PO Box 665 Stockton, MO 65785, 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 Cedar County
The Cedar County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for El Dorado Springs and Stockton serve warrants in Cedar County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Cedar County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Together, the three agencies in Cedar County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 104 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cedar County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cedar 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 Cedar County Sheriff's Office, held about 23 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cedarcountymo.gov/sheriff, phone 417.276.5133. The Cedar County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cedar 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 Cedar County
Whether a warrant is out from Cedar County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 417.276.6700, 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 417.276.6700, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Cedar 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 Cedar County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Cedar County that means appearing before the Cedar 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 cedarcountymo.gov/prosecutor, phone 417.276.6700.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cedar County?
Not from the Cedar 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 at 417.276.6700.
Who serves warrants in Cedar County?
The Cedar 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 Cedar County held?
At the county jail, run by the Cedar County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cedar 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 at 417.276.6700.
Is this the official Cedar 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.