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.
Gautier, Mississippi, in Jackson County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gautier comes from a judge of the Jackson 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: Gautier public records, Jackson County warrants, Gautier arrest records, Gautier inmate search, Gautier criminal records, Gautier court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gautier
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gautier that means the Jackson 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.
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 criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
For Jackson County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.ms.gov (page title: State of Mississippi Judiciary), 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 Gautier
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gautier (filed by the FBI as Gautier Police Department) serve warrants in and around Gautier.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Jackson County: Singing River Health System (other agency); Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Jackson County (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Jackson County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Jackson County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,312 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gautier arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gautier 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office, held about 350 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at co.jackson.ms.us/324/Inmate-Lookup. The Gautier inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gautier on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Gautier
The places to check for a warrant from Gautier:
- 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 District Attorney, phone 228-769-3345, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at co.jackson.ms.us/324/Inmate-Lookup, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Jackson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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.
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 Gautier
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gautier that means appearing before the Jackson 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 Jackson County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.jackson.ms.us/560/District-Attorney, phone 228-769-3345.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gautier?
Not from the Jackson 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 Gautier?
The agency that reports for Gautier inside the city and the Jackson 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 Gautier held?
At the county jail, run by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gautier 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 Gautier 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.