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.
Choctaw County, Mississippi, has about 8,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Choctaw County comes from a judge of the Choctaw 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: Choctaw County public records, Choctaw County arrest records, Choctaw County criminal records, Choctaw County court records, Choctaw County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Choctaw County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Choctaw County that means the Choctaw 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 courts.ms.gov (page title: State of Mississippi Judiciary), 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 Choctaw County
The Choctaw County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ackerman serve warrants in Choctaw County.
The Mathiston Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Choctaw County, so its arrests are not broken out for Choctaw County here.
A warrant issued in Choctaw 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.
Together, the two agencies in Choctaw County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Choctaw County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Choctaw 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 Choctaw County Sheriff's Office, held about 83 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County
The place to check for a warrant from Choctaw 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Choctaw 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 Choctaw County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Choctaw County?
Not from the Choctaw 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 Choctaw County?
The Choctaw 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 Choctaw County held?
At the county jail, run by the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Choctaw 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 Choctaw 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.