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.
Tippah County, Mississippi, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tippah County comes from a judge of the Tippah 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: Tippah County public records, Tippah County arrest records, Tippah County inmate search, Tippah County criminal records, Tippah County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tippah County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tippah County that means the Tippah 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 co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/courts (page title: Courts | Tippah County | Mississippi), phone 662-837-7374, 115 E Spring Street Ripley MS 38663, 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 Tippah County
The Tippah County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Ripley and Walnut serve warrants in Tippah County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Tippah County is whichever one finds the person; an Mississippi warrant is valid across Mississippi.
Together, the three agencies in Tippah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,327 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tippah County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tippah 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 Tippah County Sheriff's Office, held about 45 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff, phone 662-837-9336. The Tippah County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Tippah 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 Tippah County
The place to check for a warrant from Tippah 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 662-837-7374, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Tippah 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 Tippah County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Tippah County starts with the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records at 662-837-7374: 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 Tippah County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Tippah County?
Not from the Tippah 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 662-837-7374.
Who serves warrants in Tippah County?
The Tippah 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 Tippah County held?
At the county jail, run by the Tippah County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Tippah 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 662-837-7374.
Is this the official Tippah 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.