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 4, 2026.
McCormick County, South Carolina, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for McCormick County comes from a judge of the McCormick 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: McCormick County public records, McCormick County arrest records, McCormick County inmate search, McCormick County criminal records, McCormick County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in McCormick County
In South Carolina an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For McCormick County that means the McCormick 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 McCormick County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at sccourts.org/courts/courthouse-search/mccormick (page title: McCormick | South Carolina Judicial Branch), phone (864) 852-2195, 133 South Mine Street Room 102 McCormick, SC 29835, 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 McCormick County
The McCormick County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for McCormick serve warrants in McCormick County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in McCormick County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in McCormick 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 two agencies in McCormick County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 89 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in McCormick County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from McCormick 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 McCormick County Sheriff's Office, held about 8 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at mccormickcountysc.org/departments/sheriffs_office_.php, phone 864-465-2520. The McCormick County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in McCormick 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 McCormick County
The places to check for a warrant from McCormick County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Court at (864) 852-2195, 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 McCormick 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 McCormick County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from McCormick County starts with the Clerk of Court at (864) 852-2195: 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 McCormick County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at sccourts.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in McCormick County?
Not from the McCormick 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) 852-2195.
Who serves warrants in McCormick County?
The McCormick 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 McCormick County held?
At the county jail, run by the McCormick County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from McCormick 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) 852-2195.
Is this the official McCormick 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.