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.
Dade County, Missouri, has about 7,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dade County comes from a judge of the Dade 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: Dade County public records, Dade County arrest records, Dade County criminal records, Dade County court records, Dade County police reports, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dade County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dade County that means the Dade 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at dadecountymo.gov/circuit-clerk (page title: Dade County Circuit Clerk), phone 417-238-2400, 300 W. Water Street Greenfield, MO 65661, Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, 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 Dade County
The Dade County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Greenfield serve warrants in Dade County.
A warrant issued in Dade 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 two agencies in Dade County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 24 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dade County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dade 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 Dade County Sheriff's Office, held about 10 people on an average day in 2017 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Dade 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 Dade County
Whether a warrant is out from Dade County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 417-238-2400, 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 417-238-2400, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Dade County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Dade County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Dade County that means appearing before the Dade 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 dadecountymo.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone 417-238-2400.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dade County?
Not from the Dade 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 417-238-2400.
Who serves warrants in Dade County?
The Dade 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 Dade County held?
At the county jail, run by the Dade County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dade 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 417-238-2400.
Is this the official Dade 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.