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.
Greenwood, Mississippi, in Leflore County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Greenwood comes from a judge of the Leflore 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: Greenwood public records, Leflore County warrants, Greenwood arrest records, Greenwood criminal records, Greenwood court records, Greenwood police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Greenwood
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Greenwood that means the Leflore 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 Leflore County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php (page title: Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC) | State of Mississippi Judiciary), phone 601-968-6628, 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 Greenwood
The Leflore County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Greenwood (filed by the FBI as Greenwood Police Department) serve warrants in and around Greenwood.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Leflore County: Greenwood Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Leflore 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 two agencies in Leflore County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Greenwood arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Greenwood 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 Leflore County Sheriff's Office, held about 76 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Greenwood on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Greenwood
The place to check for a warrant from Greenwood 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 at 601-968-6628, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Leflore 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 Greenwood
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Greenwood starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records at 601-968-6628: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court and County Court is handled by that court, not by the Leflore County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Greenwood?
Not from the Leflore 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 at 601-968-6628.
Who serves warrants in Greenwood?
The agency that reports for Greenwood inside the city and the Leflore 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 Greenwood held?
At the county jail, run by the Leflore County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Greenwood 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 at 601-968-6628.
Is this the official Greenwood 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.