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.
Marlboro County, South Carolina, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Marlboro County comes from a judge of the Marlboro 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: Marlboro County public records, Marlboro County arrest records, Marlboro County criminal records, Marlboro County court records, Marlboro County police reports, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Marlboro County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Marlboro County that means the Marlboro 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/marlboro (page title: Marlboro | South Carolina Judicial Branch), phone (843) 479-5615, 105 Main Street Bennettsville, SC 29512, 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 Marlboro County
The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bennettsville, McColl and Clio serve warrants in Marlboro County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Marlboro County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Marlboro 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 Marlboro County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 620 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Marlboro County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Marlboro 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 Marlboro County Sheriff's Office, held about 48 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Marlboro 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 Marlboro County
The place to check for a warrant from Marlboro County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (843) 479-5615, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Marlboro County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Marlboro County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Marlboro County starts with the Clerk of Court at (843) 479-5615: 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 Marlboro County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Marlboro County?
Not from the Marlboro 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 (843) 479-5615.
Who serves warrants in Marlboro County?
The Marlboro 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 Marlboro County held?
At the county jail, run by the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Marlboro 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 (843) 479-5615.
Is this the official Marlboro 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.