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.
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in Davidson County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Goodlettsville comes from a judge of the Davidson 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Goodlettsville
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Goodlettsville that means the Davidson 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.
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 Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at sci.ccc.nashville.gov (page title: Public Case Search | Criminal Court Clerk of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County), phone 615.862.5601, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Goodlettsville
The Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search and the agency that reports for Goodlettsville (filed by the FBI as Goodlettsville Police Department) serve warrants in and around Goodlettsville.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies, four state agencies and three campus police departments in Davidson County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Davidson County is whichever one finds the person; a Tennessee warrant is valid across Tennessee.
Together, the four agencies in Davidson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 20,846 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Goodlettsville arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Goodlettsville 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 Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search, held about 2,270 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at dcso.nashville.gov/Search/RecentBookings, phone 615-862-8123. The Goodlettsville inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Goodlettsville on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Goodlettsville
The places to check for a warrant from Goodlettsville:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at 615.862.5601, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney General, phone 888-277-8366, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search at dcso.nashville.gov/Search/RecentBookings, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Davidson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Goodlettsville
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Goodlettsville starts with the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at 615.862.5601: 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 Davidson County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney General's page SearchSystems verified is at da.nashville.gov, phone 888-277-8366.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Goodlettsville?
Not from the Davidson 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 615.862.5601.
Who serves warrants in Goodlettsville?
The agency that reports for Goodlettsville inside the city and the Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search 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 Goodlettsville held?
At the county jail, run by the Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Goodlettsville 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 615.862.5601.
Is this the official Goodlettsville 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.