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 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hanahan, South Carolina, in Berkeley County, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hanahan comes from a judge of the Berkeley 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: Hanahan public records, Berkeley County warrants, Hanahan arrest records, Hanahan inmate search, Hanahan criminal records, Hanahan court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hanahan
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hanahan that means the Berkeley 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.
For Berkeley County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at berkeleycountysc.gov/dept/coc (page title: Clerk of Court | Berkeley County Government), phone (843) 719-4050, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Hanahan
The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hanahan (filed by the FBI as Hanahan Police Department) serve warrants in and around Hanahan.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies and one state police unit in Berkeley County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Charleston Police Department and the Summerville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Berkeley County, so their arrests are not broken out for Berkeley County here.
A warrant issued in Berkeley 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 five agencies in Berkeley County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,289 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hanahan arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hanahan 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 Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, held about 360 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.berkeleycountysc.gov/report/inmate-lookup. The Hanahan inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hanahan on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Hanahan
The place to check for a warrant from Hanahan is the custody page of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.berkeleycountysc.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Hanahan
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Hanahan 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 Berkeley County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hanahan?
The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of Court.
Who serves warrants in Hanahan?
The agency that reports for Hanahan inside the city and the Berkeley 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 Hanahan held?
At the county jail, run by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hanahan 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 Hanahan 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.