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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Church Hill, Tennessee, in Hawkins County, has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Church Hill comes from a judge of the Hawkins County Circuit and Chancery Courts or the General Sessions 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: Church Hill public records, Hawkins County warrants, Church Hill arrest records, Church Hill criminal records, Church Hill court records, Church Hill police reports, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Church Hill
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Church Hill that means the Hawkins County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which hear felonies in the Circuit or Criminal Court, civil cases in either court, and divorces in either; the General Sessions Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings, 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 Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master.
For Hawkins County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at hawkinscountytn.gov/circuit_court_clerk.html (page title: Hawkins County, TN), phone (423) 272-3397, 115 Justice Center Dr. Suite 1237 Rogersville, TN 37857, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Tennessee has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Church Hill
The Hawkins County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Church Hill (filed by the FBI as Church Hill Police Department) serve warrants in and around Church Hill.
The Bean Station Police Department and the Kingsport Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Hawkins County, so their arrests are not broken out for Hawkins County here.
A warrant issued in Hawkins County is good anywhere in Tennessee, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the four agencies in Hawkins County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,380 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Church Hill arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Church Hill 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 Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, held about 280 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Church Hill on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Church Hill
Whether a warrant is out from Church Hill shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (423) 272-3397, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney General, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hawkins County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Church Hill
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Church Hill starts with the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (423) 272-3397: 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 General Sessions Court is handled by that court, not by the Hawkins County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney General's page SearchSystems verified is at tennesseeda.gov/district-3.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Church Hill?
Not from the Hawkins County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (423) 272-3397.
Who serves warrants in Church Hill?
The agency that reports for Church Hill inside the city and the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Tennessee warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Church Hill held?
At the county jail, run by the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Church Hill 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 Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (423) 272-3397.
Is this the official Church Hill website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.