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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Cleveland, Mississippi, in Bolivar County, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cleveland comes from a judge of the Bolivar County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County 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: Cleveland public records, Bolivar County warrants, Cleveland arrest records, Cleveland criminal records, Cleveland court records, Cleveland police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cleveland
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cleveland that means the Bolivar County Circuit Court, which hears felonies and the larger civil cases; the Justice Court and County Court issue their own warrants on the cases before them. A city with a municipal court 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 for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records keep that file.
For Bolivar County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at bolivar-circuit-clerk.ms (page title: Bolivar County Circuit Clerk | Bolivar County Circuit Clerk), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Cleveland
The Bolivar County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cleveland (filed by the FBI as Cleveland Police Department) serve warrants in and around Cleveland.
A warrant issued in Bolivar County is good anywhere in Mississippi, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the six agencies in Bolivar County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,803 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cleveland arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cleveland 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 Bolivar County Sheriff's Office, held about 350 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Cleveland on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cleveland
The place to check for a warrant from Cleveland is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Bolivar County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not open to the public in Mississippi, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Cleveland
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Cleveland that means appearing before the Bolivar County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court and County Court is handled by that court, not by the Bolivar County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cleveland?
Not from the Bolivar County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
Who serves warrants in Cleveland?
The agency that reports for Cleveland inside the city and the Bolivar County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cleveland held?
At the county jail, run by the Bolivar County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cleveland 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 for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
Is this the official Cleveland website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.