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.
Scott County, Mississippi, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Scott County comes from a judge of the Scott 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: Scott County public records, Scott County arrest records, Scott County criminal records, Scott County court records, Scott County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Scott County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Scott County that means the Scott 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at scottcountyms.gov/courts (page title: Courts | Scott County, Mississippi), phone 601-469-1922, 100 E 1st St Forest MS 39074, 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 Scott County
The Scott County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Forest and Morton serve warrants in Scott County.
A warrant issued in Scott 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 Scott County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,307 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Scott County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Scott 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 Scott County Sheriff's Office, held about 100 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Scott 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 Scott County
The place to check for a warrant from Scott 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 601-469-1922, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Scott 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 Scott County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Scott County that means appearing before the Scott 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 Scott County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Scott County?
Not from the Scott 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 601-469-1922.
Who serves warrants in Scott County?
The Scott 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 Scott County held?
At the county jail, run by the Scott County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Scott 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 601-469-1922.
Is this the official Scott 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.