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.
Harrison County, Mississippi, has about 214,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Harrison County comes from a judge of the Harrison 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: Harrison County public records, Harrison County arrest records, Harrison County inmate search, Harrison County criminal records, Harrison County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Harrison County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Harrison County that means the Harrison 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at harrison2.co.harrison.ms.us/dockets/circuitcourt.asp (page title: Harrison County! Online Services and Information), 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 Harrison County
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Gulfport, Biloxi, Long Beach, D'Iberville and Pass Christian serve warrants in Harrison County.
The FBI's agency list also places three state agencies and one campus police department in Harrison County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Harrison 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 six agencies in Harrison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,490 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Harrison County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Harrison 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office, held about 760 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at harrisoncountysheriff.com/inmate-search, phone 228-865-7060. The Harrison County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Harrison 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 Harrison County
The places to check for a warrant from Harrison County:
- 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 District Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office at harrisoncountysheriff.com/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Harrison County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor'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 Harrison County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Harrison County that means appearing before the Harrison County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court and County Court is handled by that court, not by the Harrison County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at harrisoncountyms.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Harrison County?
Not from the Harrison 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 Harrison County?
The Harrison 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 Harrison County held?
At the county jail, run by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Harrison 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 Harrison 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.