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 October 2, 2026.
Tega Cay, South Carolina, in York County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tega Cay comes from a judge of the York 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: Tega Cay public records, York County warrants, Tega Cay arrest records, Tega Cay inmate search, Tega Cay property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tega Cay
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tega Cay that means the York 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.
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 Court.
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 Tega Cay
The York County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Tega Cay (filed by the FBI as Tega Cay Police Department) serve warrants in and around Tega Cay.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, five state agencies and one state police unit in York County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from York County is whichever one finds the person; an South Carolina warrant is valid across South Carolina.
Together, the six agencies in York County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,997 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tega Cay arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tega Cay 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 York County Sheriff's Office, held about 480 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at inmatesinjail.yorkcountygov.com/detentioncenter/inmatesinjail.aspx. The Tega Cay inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Tega Cay on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Tega Cay
The one York County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Tega Cay
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Tega Cay 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 York County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Tega Cay?
The agency that reports for Tega Cay inside the city and the York 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 Tega Cay held?
At the county jail, run by the York County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Tega Cay 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 Tega Cay 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.