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 October 9, 2026.
Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Natchez comes from a judge of the Adams 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 Natchez
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Natchez that means the Adams 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at adamscountyms.net/county-departments/justice-court (page title: Justice Court | Adams County, Mississippi), phone (601) 442-0199, 114 South Wall Street Natchez, MS 39121, 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 Adams 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 Natchez
The Adams County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Natchez (filed by the FBI as Natchez Police Department) serve warrants in and around Natchez.
A warrant issued in Adams 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.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 534 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Natchez arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Natchez 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 Adams County Sheriff's Office, held about 89 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at adamscosheriff.org/inmate-roster. The Natchez inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Natchez on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Natchez
The places to check for a warrant from Natchez:
- 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) 442-0199, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Adams County Sheriff's Office at adamscosheriff.org/inmate-roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Adams County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the records request page) 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 Natchez
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Natchez starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records at (601) 442-0199: 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 Adams County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Natchez?
Not from the Adams 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) 442-0199.
Who serves warrants in Natchez?
The agency that reports for Natchez inside the city and the Adams 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 Natchez held?
At the county jail, run by the Adams County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Natchez 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) 442-0199.
Is this the official Natchez 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.