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 25, 2026.
Martin, Tennessee, in Weakley County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Martin comes from a judge of the Weakley 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 Martin
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Martin that means the Weakley 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 weakleycountytn.gov/circuit-court.html (page title: Weakley County Circuit Court and General Sessions), phone 731-364-3455, 116 W. Main St. Room 203 Dresden, TN 38225, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the General Sessions Court, not to the Weakley County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
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 Martin
The Weakley County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Martin (filed by the FBI as Martin Police Department) serve warrants in and around Martin.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Weakley County: the University of Tennessee at Martin (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The McKenzie Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Weakley County, so its arrests are not broken out for Weakley County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Weakley County is whichever one finds the person; a Tennessee warrant is valid across Tennessee.
Together, the four agencies in Weakley County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,168 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Martin arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Martin 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 Weakley County Sheriff's Office, held about 94 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at weakleycountytn.gov/sheriffdept.html, phone (731) 364-5454. The Martin inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Martin on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Martin
The place to check for a warrant from Martin is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at 731-364-3455, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Weakley County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Martin
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Martin starts with the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at 731-364-3455: 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 Weakley County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Martin?
Not from the Weakley 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 731-364-3455.
Who serves warrants in Martin?
The agency that reports for Martin inside the city and the Weakley 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 Martin held?
At the county jail, run by the Weakley County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Martin 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 731-364-3455.
Is this the official Martin 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.