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 September 30, 2026.
Winston County, Mississippi, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Winston County comes from a judge of the Winston 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: Winston County public records, Winston County arrest records, Winston County inmate search, Winston County criminal records, Winston County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Winston County
In Mississippi an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Winston County that means the Winston 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 courts.ms.gov (page title: State of Mississippi Judiciary), 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 Winston County
The Winston County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Louisville serve warrants in Winston County.
A warrant issued in Winston 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 Winston County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 200 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Winston County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Winston 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 Winston County Sheriff's Office, held about 180 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at winstoncountyms.org/sheriff.html, phone (662) 773-5881. The Winston County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Winston 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 Winston County
The place to check for a warrant from Winston 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, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Winston 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 Winston County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Winston County that means appearing before the Winston 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 Winston County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Winston County?
Not from the Winston 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 Winston County?
The Winston 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 Winston County held?
At the county jail, run by the Winston County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Winston 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 Winston 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.