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.
Leflore County, Mississippi, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Leflore County comes from a judge of the Leflore 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: Leflore County public records, Leflore County arrest records, Leflore County criminal records, Leflore County court records, Leflore County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Leflore County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Leflore County that means the Leflore 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 Leflore County
The Leflore County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greenwood and Itta Bena serve warrants in Leflore County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Leflore County: Greenwood Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Leflore County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Leflore County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Leflore County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Leflore 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 Leflore County Sheriff's Office, held about 76 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Leflore 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 Leflore County
The place to check for a warrant from Leflore 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.
The one Leflore County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 Leflore County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Leflore 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 Leflore County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Leflore County?
Not from the Leflore 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 Leflore County?
The Leflore 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 Leflore County held?
At the county jail, run by the Leflore County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Leflore 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 Leflore 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.