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 1, 2026.
Hampton County, South Carolina, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hampton County comes from a judge of the Hampton 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: Hampton County public records, Hampton County arrest records, Hampton County inmate search, Hampton County criminal records, Hampton County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hampton County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hampton County that means the Hampton 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.
For Hampton County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at sccourts.org/courts/courthouse-search/hampton (page title: Hampton | South Carolina Judicial Branch), phone (803) 914-2250, 14 Hampton County Courthouse 1 Elm Street Courthouse Square Hampton, SC 29924, 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 Hampton County
The Hampton County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hampton, Estill, Varnville, Yemassee and Gifford serve warrants in Hampton County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Hampton County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Hampton 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 Hampton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 187 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hampton County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hampton 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 Hampton County Sheriff's Office, held about 54 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at hamptoncountysheriff.org/detention-center, phone (803) 943-9261. The Hampton County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hampton 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 Hampton County
The place to check for a warrant from Hampton County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (803) 914-2250, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Hampton County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Hampton County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hampton County that means appearing before the Hampton 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 Hampton County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hampton County?
Not from the Hampton 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 (803) 914-2250.
Who serves warrants in Hampton County?
The Hampton 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 Hampton County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hampton County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hampton 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 (803) 914-2250.
Is this the official Hampton 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.