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 9, 2026.
DeSoto County, Mississippi, has about 196,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for DeSoto County comes from a judge of the DeSoto 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: DeSoto County public records, DeSoto County arrest records, DeSoto County inmate search, DeSoto County police reports, DeSoto County property records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in DeSoto County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For DeSoto County that means the DeSoto 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.
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 DeSoto County
The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando and Walls serve warrants in DeSoto County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in DeSoto County: Northwest Mississippi Community College at Desoto (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from DeSoto County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the five agencies in DeSoto County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,326 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in DeSoto County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from DeSoto 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 DeSoto County Sheriff's Office, held about 450 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at desotocountyms.gov/342/Sheriff-Thomas-E-Tuggle. The DeSoto County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County
Not one of the DeSoto County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the records request page) 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 DeSoto County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from DeSoto 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 DeSoto County Circuit Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for DeSoto County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for DeSoto County and Mississippi. These wanted and warrant pages from its DeSoto County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Warrant Division (desotocountyms.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in DeSoto County?
The DeSoto 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 DeSoto County held?
At the county jail, run by the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from DeSoto 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 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.