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 28, 2026.
Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gaffney comes from a judge of the Cherokee County Circuit Court or the Magistrate 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: Gaffney public records, Cherokee County warrants, Gaffney arrest records, Gaffney inmate search, Gaffney police reports, Gaffney property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gaffney
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gaffney that means the Cherokee County Circuit Court, which hears felonies in the Court of General Sessions and civil cases over $7,500 in the Court of Common Pleas; the Magistrate Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $7,500, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. 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 Clerk of Court keeps that file.
South Carolina has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Gaffney
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gaffney (filed by the FBI as Gaffney Police Department) serve warrants in and around Gaffney.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Cherokee County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Chesnee Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cherokee County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cherokee County here.
A warrant issued in Cherokee County is good anywhere in South Carolina, 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 Cherokee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,250 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gaffney arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gaffney 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 Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, held about 280 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cherokeecountysc.gov/sheriffs-office-detention-center, phone 864-489-4722. The Gaffney inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gaffney on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Gaffney
The place to check for a warrant from Gaffney is the Solicitor, phone 864-487-2576, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Cherokee County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the prosecutor's) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
Clearing a Warrant from Gaffney
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Gaffney starts with the Clerk of Court: 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 Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Cherokee County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at cherokeecountysc.gov/solicitor, phone 864-487-2576.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gaffney?
Not from the Cherokee County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of Court.
Who serves warrants in Gaffney?
The agency that reports for Gaffney inside the city and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an South Carolina warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Gaffney held?
At the county jail, run by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gaffney 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 Court.
Is this the official Gaffney 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.