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 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Montgomery County, Missouri, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Montgomery County comes from a judge of the Montgomery 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: Montgomery County public records, Montgomery County arrest records, Montgomery County inmate search, Montgomery County criminal records, Montgomery County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Montgomery County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Montgomery County that means the Montgomery 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.
For Montgomery County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1593 (page title: Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Montgomery City, Wellsville, Jonesburg, New Florence, Bellflower and High Hill serve warrants in Montgomery County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Montgomery County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Together, the six agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 292 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Montgomery County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, held about 65 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at mcsojail.countygovservices.com/Home/CurrentInmates. The Montgomery County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
Whether a warrant is out from Montgomery County shows in two places:
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at mcsojail.countygovservices.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Montgomery County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Montgomery County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Montgomery County starts with the Circuit Clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Montgomery County?
Not from the Montgomery 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 Montgomery County?
The Montgomery 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 Montgomery County held?
At the county jail, run by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.