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 on September 24, 2026.
Georgetown County, South Carolina, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Georgetown County comes from a judge of the Georgetown 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Georgetown County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Georgetown County that means the Georgetown 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gtcountysc.gov/216/Clerk-of-Court (page title: Clerk of Court | Georgetown County, SC), phone 888-346-5592, 3215 More Information Clerk of Court Physical Address View Map 401 Cleland Street 1st Floor, Room 115 Georgetown, SC 29440, Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm, 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 Georgetown County
The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Georgetown, Andrews and Pawleys Island serve warrants in Georgetown County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Georgetown County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Georgetown 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 three agencies in Georgetown County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,283 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Georgetown County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Georgetown 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 Georgetown County Sheriff's Office, held about 98 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at gcsheriff.org/enforcement-division/detention-center/mission, phone (843) 546-5102. The Georgetown County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Georgetown 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 Georgetown County
Whether a warrant is out from Georgetown County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at 888-346-5592, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Solicitor, phone 843-545-3169, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Georgetown 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 Georgetown County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Georgetown County that means appearing before the Georgetown 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 Georgetown County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at gtcountysc.gov/227/Solicitor, phone 843-545-3169.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Georgetown County?
Not from the Georgetown 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 888-346-5592.
Who serves warrants in Georgetown County?
The Georgetown 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 Georgetown County held?
At the county jail, run by the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Georgetown 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 888-346-5592.
Is this the official Georgetown 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.