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 1, 2026.
Lowndes County, Mississippi, has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lowndes County comes from a judge of the Lowndes 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Lowndes County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lowndes County that means the Lowndes 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.
For Lowndes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at lowndescountyms.com/177/Lowndes-County-Courts (page title: Lowndes County Courts | Lowndes County, MS), phone 662-329-5884, 1121 Main Street Columbus, MS 39701, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Court and County Court, not to the Lowndes County Circuit Court.
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 Lowndes County
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Columbus and Caledonia serve warrants in Lowndes County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lowndes County: East Mississippi Community College at Communiversity and Mississippi University for Women (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lowndes County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the three agencies in Lowndes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 965 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lowndes County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lowndes 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 Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, held about 190 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lowndes-so.org. The Lowndes County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
Whether a warrant is out from Lowndes County shows in two 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 662-329-5884, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 662-329-5911, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lowndes County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor'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 Lowndes County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lowndes County that means appearing before the Lowndes 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 Lowndes County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at msda16.org, phone 662-329-5911.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lowndes County?
Not from the Lowndes 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 662-329-5884.
Who serves warrants in Lowndes County?
The Lowndes 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 Lowndes County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lowndes 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 662-329-5884.
Is this the official Lowndes 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.