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.
St. Louis City, Missouri, has about 280,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Louis City comes from a judge of the St. Louis City 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: St. Louis City public records, St. Louis City arrest records, St. Louis City inmate search, St. Louis City criminal records, St. Louis City court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Louis City
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Louis City that means the St. Louis City 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 St. Louis City, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the city at stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/municipal-courts/city-court-v... (page title: Search for a Municipal Court Case), phone (314) 622-3231, 1520 Market St., Suite #1120 St. Louis, MO 63103, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the St. Louis City County Circuit Court.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in St. Louis City
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Louis City is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
St. Louis reported 9,082 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Louis City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Louis City Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the city jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail held about 590 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/corrections/stl..., phone 314-241-8339. The St. Louis City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Louis City on a warrant from another city is held at the same jail until that city takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in St. Louis City
The places to check for a warrant from St. Louis City:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (314) 622-3231, 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 (314) 622-4941, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the sheriff's office at stlouis-mo.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the St. Louis City pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 St. Louis City
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from St. Louis City that means appearing before the St. Louis City 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 stlouis-mo.gov, phone (314) 622-4941.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Louis City?
Not from the St. Louis City 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 (314) 622-3231.
Who serves warrants in St. Louis City?
The police agency that finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in St. Louis City held?
At the city jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Louis City 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 (314) 622-3231.
Is this the official St. Louis City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.