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.
Stone County, Mississippi, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Stone County comes from a judge of the Stone 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: Stone County public records, Stone County arrest records, Stone County inmate search, Stone County criminal records, Stone County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Stone County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Stone County that means the Stone 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.
For Stone County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at stonecountyms.gov/courts (page title: Courts | Stone County | Mississippi), phone 601-928-5266, 323 East Cavers Avenue Wiggins MS 39577, 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 Stone County
The Stone County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wiggins serve warrants in Stone County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Stone County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the two agencies in Stone County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 620 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Stone County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Stone 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 Stone County Sheriff's Office, held about 430 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at stonecountyms.gov/sheriff, phone (601) 928-3191. The Stone County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Stone 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 Stone County
The place to check for a warrant from Stone 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 601-928-5266, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Stone County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Stone County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Stone County starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records at 601-928-5266: 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 Stone County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Stone County?
Not from the Stone 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 601-928-5266.
Who serves warrants in Stone County?
The Stone 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 Stone County held?
At the county jail, run by the Stone County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Stone 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 601-928-5266.
Is this the official Stone 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.