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.
Alcorn County, Mississippi, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Alcorn County comes from a judge of the Alcorn 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: Alcorn County public records, Alcorn County arrest records, Alcorn County criminal records, Alcorn County court records, Alcorn County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Alcorn County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Alcorn County that means the Alcorn 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 alcorncounty.org/circuit-clerk (page title: Circuit Clerk | Alcorn County), phone 662-286-7740, Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Alcorn County
The Alcorn County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Corinth serve warrants in Alcorn County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Alcorn County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Alcorn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,375 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Alcorn County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Alcorn County 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 Alcorn County Sheriff's Office, held about 110 people on an average day in 2018 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Alcorn County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Alcorn County
Whether a warrant is out from Alcorn County shows in two places:
- 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 662-286-7740, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 662-432-2802, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Alcorn County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Alcorn County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Alcorn County that means appearing before the Alcorn 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 Alcorn County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at alcorncounty.org/district-attorney, phone 662-432-2802.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Alcorn County?
Not from the Alcorn 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 662-286-7740.
Who serves warrants in Alcorn County?
The Alcorn County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Mississippi warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Alcorn County held?
At the county jail, run by the Alcorn County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Alcorn County 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 662-286-7740.
Is this the official Alcorn County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.