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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
New Madrid County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for New Madrid County comes from a judge of the New Madrid 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: New Madrid County public records, New Madrid County arrest records, New Madrid County criminal records, New Madrid County court records, New Madrid County police reports, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in New Madrid County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For New Madrid County that means the New Madrid 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.
For New Madrid County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=124639 (page title: Court Specific Help | Circuit 34), 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 New Madrid County
The New Madrid County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Portageville, New Madrid, Lilbourn, Gideon, Morehouse, Matthews and three more cities serve warrants in New Madrid County.
The Sikeston Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including New Madrid County, so its arrests are not broken out for New Madrid County here.
A warrant issued in New Madrid 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 four agencies in New Madrid County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 280 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in New Madrid County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from New Madrid County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest.
A person arrested in New Madrid 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 New Madrid County
The places to check for a warrant from New Madrid County:
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
The one New Madrid County page SearchSystems verified, the prosecutor's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from New Madrid County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from New Madrid County that means appearing before the New Madrid 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 newmadridcountymo.gov/prosecutor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in New Madrid County?
Not from the New Madrid 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 New Madrid County?
The New Madrid 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 New Madrid County held?
At the county jail, run by the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from New Madrid 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 New Madrid 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.