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 2, 2026.
Jones County, Mississippi, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Jones County comes from a judge of the Jones 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: Jones County public records, Jones County arrest records, Jones County inmate search, Jones County criminal records, Jones County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Jones County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Jones County that means the Jones 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 Jones County
The Jones County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Laurel, Ellisville and Sandersville serve warrants in Jones County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Jones County: Jones County Junior College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Jones County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the three agencies in Jones County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 444 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Jones County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Jones 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 Jones County Sheriff's Office, held about 210 people on an average day in 2018 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jonesso.com/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1, phone 601-428-7867. The Jones County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Jones 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 Jones County
The places to check for a warrant from Jones 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 Jones County Sheriff's Office at jonesso.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Jones 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 Jones County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Jones 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 Jones County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at wdam.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Jones County?
Not from the Jones 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 Jones County?
The Jones 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 Jones County held?
At the county jail, run by the Jones County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Jones 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 Jones 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.