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.
Jackson, Mississippi, in Hinds County, has about 141,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Jackson comes from a judge of the Hinds 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Jackson
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Jackson that means the Hinds 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/courts/results.asp (page title: Hinds County Justice Court Civil Docket), phone 601-965-8800, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Court and County Court, not to the Hinds County Circuit Court.
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 Jackson
The Hinds County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Jackson (filed by the FBI as Jackson Police Department) serve warrants in and around Jackson.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies and three campus police departments in Hinds County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hinds County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the five agencies in Hinds County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,660 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Jackson arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Jackson 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 Hinds County Sheriff's Office, held about 550 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/apps/inmate/inmate_query.asp. The Jackson inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Jackson on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Jackson
The places to check for a warrant from Jackson:
- 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 601-965-8800, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Hinds County Sheriff's Office at co.hinds.ms.us, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Hinds County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Jackson
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Jackson that means appearing before the Hinds 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 Hinds County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Jackson?
Not from the Hinds 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 601-965-8800.
Who serves warrants in Jackson?
The agency that reports for Jackson inside the city and the Hinds 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 Jackson held?
At the county jail, run by the Hinds County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Jackson 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 601-965-8800.
Is this the official Jackson 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.