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 4, 2026.
Pike County, Mississippi, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pike County comes from a judge of the Pike 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 Pike County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pike County that means the Pike 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 Pike County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at co.pike.ms.us/view-circuit-court-case-info (page title: View Circuit Court Case Info | Pike County), 200 E. Bay St., Magnolia, MS 39652, 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 Pike County
The Pike County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for McComb, Magnolia and Summit serve warrants in Pike County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pike County: Southwest Mississippi Community College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Pike 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 two agencies in Pike County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,268 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pike County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pike 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 Pike County Sheriff's Office, held about 150 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at co.pike.ms.us/departments/sheriffs-office, phone (601) 783-2323. The Pike County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Pike 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 Pike County
Whether a warrant is out from Pike 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, 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.
Not one of the Pike 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 Pike County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Pike County that means appearing before the Pike 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 Pike 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Pike County?
Not from the Pike 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 Pike County?
The Pike 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 Pike County held?
At the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Pike 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 Pike 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.