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 September 27, 2026.
Lincoln County, Mississippi, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lincoln County comes from a judge of the Lincoln 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: Lincoln County public records, Lincoln County arrest records, Lincoln County inmate search, Lincoln County criminal records, Lincoln County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lincoln County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lincoln County that means the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Brookhaven serve warrants in Lincoln County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lincoln County: Brookhaven Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Wesson Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lincoln County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lincoln County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lincoln County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Lincoln County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 296 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lincoln County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, held about 86 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at lincolncountysheriffms.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_ti..., phone 601.823.0150. The Lincoln County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
Whether a warrant is out from Lincoln County shows in three places:
- 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 District Attorney, phone 601-783-6677, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at lincolncountysheriffms.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.pike.ms.us/district-attorney, phone 601-783-6677.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Lincoln County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Lincoln County and Mississippi. These wanted and warrant pages from its Lincoln County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted Database (lincolncomo.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lincoln County?
Not from the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County?
The Lincoln 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 Lincoln County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.