Reviewed and updated October 11, 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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
DeSoto County, Mississippi, has about 196,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the DeSoto County Circuit Court and the Justice Court and County Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: DeSoto County public records, DeSoto County arrest records, DeSoto County warrants, DeSoto County inmate search, DeSoto County criminal records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from DeSoto County
Court cases from DeSoto County are filed in the DeSoto County Circuit Court, which hears felonies and the larger civil cases.
The Justice Court and County Court take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Chancery Court, and the file stays with the Chancery Clerk.
The Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Mississippi Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from DeSoto County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at desotocountyms.gov/675/Chancery-Court-Filing-Fees (page title: Chancery Court Records | DeSoto County, MS), phone 662-469-8398, 2535 Highway 51 S Room 100 Hernando, MS 38632, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Mississippi court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ms.gov.
What Reaches the Court from DeSoto County
Together, the five agencies in DeSoto County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,326 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the DeSoto County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at desotocountyms.gov/m/directory/department?did=28 (page title: Staff Directory, District Attorney's Office), phone 662-469-8014, 365 Losher Street Suite 210 Hernando, MS 38632, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
Criminal cases, divorces, traffic tickets and evictions all end up as files of these courts, and the file is what the public sees of each.
The other DeSoto County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: DeSoto County criminal records, DeSoto County divorce records, DeSoto County traffic tickets, DeSoto County DUI and DeSoto County property records.
More Official Court Pages for DeSoto County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for DeSoto County and Mississippi. These court pages from its DeSoto County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Justice Court (desotocountyms.gov)
Cities in DeSoto County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the DeSoto County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in DeSoto County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Olive Branch (47,365)
- Horn Lake (26,574)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in DeSoto County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at desotocountyms.gov, phone 662-469-8398.
Which court hears felonies in DeSoto County?
The DeSoto County Circuit Court, which hears felonies and the larger civil cases. The Justice Court and County Court take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases.
Who keeps the court records in DeSoto County?
The Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Mississippi?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official DeSoto 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.