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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Pasquotank County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Elizabeth City comes from a judge of the Pasquotank County Superior Court or the District 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Elizabeth City public records, Pasquotank County warrants, Elizabeth City arrest records, Elizabeth City inmate search, Elizabeth City criminal records, Elizabeth City court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Elizabeth City
In North Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Elizabeth City that means the Pasquotank County Superior Court, which hears felonies and civil cases over $25,000; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, divorces, child custody, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 Clerk of Superior Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nccourts.gov/locations/pasquotank-county (page title: Pasquotank County | North Carolina Judicial Branch), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Elizabeth City
The Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Elizabeth City (filed by the FBI as Elizabeth City Police Department) serve warrants in and around Elizabeth City.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pasquotank County: Elizabeth City State University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Pasquotank County is whichever one finds the person; an North Carolina warrant is valid across North Carolina.
Together, the two agencies in Pasquotank County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 686 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Elizabeth City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Elizabeth City 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 Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office, held about 120 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at pasquotankcountync.org/sheriff, phone 252-338-2191. The Elizabeth City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Elizabeth City on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Elizabeth City
Whether a warrant is out from Elizabeth City shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- ECourts Portal, the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
Not one of the Pasquotank 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 North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is not open to the public in North Carolina, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Elizabeth City
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Elizabeth City that means appearing before the Pasquotank County Superior Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Superior Court.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Pasquotank County Superior Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Pasquotank County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Pasquotank County and North Carolina. These wanted and warrant pages from its Pasquotank County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- MostWanted, Pasquotank County North Carolina (pasquotankcountync.org)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Elizabeth City?
Not from the Pasquotank County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Superior Court.
Who serves warrants in Elizabeth City?
The agency that reports for Elizabeth City inside the city and the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an North Carolina warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Elizabeth City held?
At the county jail, run by the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Elizabeth City 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 Clerk of Superior Court.
Is this the official Elizabeth City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.