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 2, 2026.
Maries County, Missouri, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Maries County comes from a judge of the Maries 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: Maries County public records, Maries County arrest records, Maries County inmate search, Maries County criminal records, Maries County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Maries County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Maries County that means the Maries 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 courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=4754 (page title: Maries 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 Maries County
The Maries County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Vienna serve warrants in Maries County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Maries County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Together, the two agencies in Maries County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 80 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Maries County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Maries 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 Maries County Sheriff's Office, held about 11 people on an average day in 2018 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at mariescountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/search. The Maries County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Maries 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 Maries County
Whether a warrant is out from Maries County shows in three places:
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 573-422-3396, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Maries County Sheriff's Office at mariescountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Maries County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Maries County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Maries County that means appearing before the Maries 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 mariescountymo.gov, phone 573-422-3396.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Maries County?
Not from the Maries 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 Maries County?
The Maries 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 Maries County held?
At the county jail, run by the Maries County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Maries 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 Maries 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.