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 4, 2026.
Clarke County, Mississippi, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Clarke County comes from a judge of the Clarke 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: Clarke County public records, Clarke County arrest records, Clarke County inmate search, Clarke County criminal records, Clarke County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Clarke County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Clarke County that means the Clarke 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/mec/mec.php (page title: Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC) | State of Mississippi Judiciary), phone 601-968-6628, 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 Clarke County
The Clarke County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Quitman and Stonewall serve warrants in Clarke County.
A warrant issued in Clarke 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 three agencies in Clarke County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,415 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Clarke County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Clarke 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 Clarke County Sheriff's Office, held about 23 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at clarkecountyms.gov/sheriff, phone 601-776-5252. The Clarke County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Clarke 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 Clarke County
The place to check for a warrant from Clarke 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 at 601-968-6628, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Clarke County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Clarke County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Clarke County starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records at 601-968-6628: 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 Clarke County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Clarke County?
Not from the Clarke 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 601-968-6628.
Who serves warrants in Clarke County?
The Clarke 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 Clarke County held?
At the county jail, run by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Clarke 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 601-968-6628.
Is this the official Clarke 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.