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.
Gulfport, Mississippi, in Harrison County, has about 75,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gulfport comes from a judge of the Harrison 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: Gulfport public records, Harrison County warrants, Gulfport arrest records, Gulfport inmate search, Gulfport criminal records, Gulfport court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gulfport
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gulfport that means the Harrison 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 Harrison County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at harrison2.co.harrison.ms.us/dockets/circuitcourt.asp (page title: Harrison County! Online Services and Information), 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 Gulfport
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gulfport (filed by the FBI as Gulfport Police Department) serve warrants in and around Gulfport.
The FBI's agency list also places three state agencies and one campus police department in Harrison County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Harrison 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 Harrison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,490 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gulfport arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gulfport 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office, held about 760 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at harrisoncountysheriff.com/inmate-search, phone 228-865-7060. The Gulfport inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gulfport on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Gulfport
The places to check for a warrant from Gulfport:
- 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office at harrisoncountysheriff.com/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Harrison 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 Gulfport
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gulfport that means appearing before the Harrison 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 Harrison County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at harrisoncountyms.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gulfport?
Not from the Harrison 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 Gulfport?
The agency that reports for Gulfport inside the city and the Harrison 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 Gulfport held?
At the county jail, run by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gulfport 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 Gulfport 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.