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 30, 2026.
Starkville, Mississippi, in Oktibbeha County, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Starkville comes from a judge of the Oktibbeha 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: Starkville public records, Oktibbeha County warrants, Starkville arrest records, Starkville inmate search, Starkville police reports, Starkville property records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Starkville
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Starkville that means the Oktibbeha 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.
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 Starkville
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Starkville (filed by the FBI as Starkville Police Department) serve warrants in and around Starkville.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Oktibbeha County: Starkville Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency); Mississippi State University (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Oktibbeha County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Oktibbeha County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1,234 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Starkville arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Starkville 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 Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office, held about 60 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.oktibbeha.ms.us/inmateRoster. The Starkville inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Starkville on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Starkville
The place to check for a warrant from Starkville is the custody page of the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.oktibbeha.ms.us/inmateRoster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Oktibbeha County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff'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 Starkville
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Starkville starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records: 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 Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Starkville?
Not from the Oktibbeha County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
Who serves warrants in Starkville?
The agency that reports for Starkville inside the city and the Oktibbeha 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 Starkville held?
At the county jail, run by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Starkville 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 Starkville 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.