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 on September 24, 2026.
Bolivar County, Mississippi, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bolivar County comes from a judge of the Bolivar 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: Bolivar County public records, Bolivar County arrest records, Bolivar County criminal records, Bolivar County court records, Bolivar County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Bolivar County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bolivar County that means the Bolivar 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 bolivar-circuit-clerk.ms (page title: Bolivar County Circuit Clerk | Bolivar County Circuit Clerk), 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 Bolivar County
The Bolivar County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Cleveland, Shelby, Rosedale, Mound Bayou, Shaw and Boyle serve warrants in Bolivar County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Bolivar County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the six agencies in Bolivar County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,803 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bolivar County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bolivar 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 Bolivar County Sheriff's Office, held about 350 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Bolivar 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 Bolivar County
The place to check for a warrant from Bolivar County is 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 one Bolivar County page SearchSystems verified, the court'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 Bolivar County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Bolivar County 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 Bolivar County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bolivar County?
Not from the Bolivar 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 Bolivar County?
The Bolivar 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 Bolivar County held?
At the county jail, run by the Bolivar County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bolivar 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.
Is this the official Bolivar 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.