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 September 30, 2026.
Kershaw County, South Carolina, has about 72,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Kershaw County comes from a judge of the Kershaw 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: Kershaw County public records, Kershaw County arrest records, Kershaw County inmate search, Kershaw County criminal records, Kershaw County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Kershaw County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Kershaw County that means the Kershaw 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 Kershaw County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at kershaw.sc.gov/government/departments-a-g/clerk-of-court/court-records (page title: Court Records | Kershaw County, SC), 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 Kershaw County
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Camden and Elgin serve warrants in Kershaw County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Kershaw County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Kershaw County is whichever one finds the person; an South Carolina warrant is valid across South Carolina.
Together, the three agencies in Kershaw County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,850 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Kershaw County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Kershaw 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 Kershaw County Sheriff's Office, held about 110 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at kershaw.sc.gov/services/facility-locations/sheriff-s-office, phone (803) 425-1512. The Kershaw County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Kershaw 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 Kershaw County
The places to check for a warrant from Kershaw County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court, 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 Kershaw County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor'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 Kershaw County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Kershaw County 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 Kershaw County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at kershaw.sc.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Kershaw County?
Not from the Kershaw 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.
Who serves warrants in Kershaw County?
The Kershaw 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 Kershaw County held?
At the county jail, run by the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Kershaw 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.
Is this the official Kershaw 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.