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 9, 2026.
Anderson County, South Carolina, has about 217,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Anderson County comes from a judge of the Anderson 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Anderson County public records, Anderson County arrest records, Anderson County inmate search, Anderson County criminal records, Anderson County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Anderson County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Anderson County that means the Anderson 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at sccourts.org/courts/courthouse-search/anderson (page title: Anderson | South Carolina Judicial Branch), phone (864) 260-4053, 10 Anderson County Courthouse 100 South Main Street Anderson, SC 29624, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Anderson County
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Anderson, Williamston, Honea Path, Pendleton, Iva and West Pelzer serve warrants in Anderson County.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies, two campus police departments and one state police unit in Anderson County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Easley Police Department and the Clemson Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Anderson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Anderson County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Anderson County is whichever one finds the person; an South Carolina warrant is valid across South Carolina.
Together, the seven agencies in Anderson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,094 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Anderson County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Anderson 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 Anderson County Sheriff's Office, held about 410 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at andersonsheriff.org/copy-of-detention-bureau, phone (864) 260-4201. The Anderson County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Anderson 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 Anderson County
The places to check for a warrant from Anderson County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (864) 260-4053, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Solicitor, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Anderson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Anderson County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Anderson County that means appearing before the Anderson County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Court.
A missed date in a case before the Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Anderson County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at sccourts.org.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Anderson County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Anderson County and South Carolina. These wanted and warrant pages from its Anderson County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted, Anderson County Sheriff's Office (andersonsheriff.org)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Anderson County?
Not from the Anderson County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Court at (864) 260-4053.
Who serves warrants in Anderson County?
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an South Carolina warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Anderson County held?
At the county jail, run by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Anderson 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 Clerk of Court at (864) 260-4053.
Is this the official Anderson 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.