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 October 2, 2026.
Morristown, Tennessee, in Hamblen County, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Morristown comes from a judge of the Hamblen 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 Morristown
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Morristown that means the Hamblen 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.
For Hamblen County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at hamblencountytn.gov/circuit-court-and-general-sessions-court (page title: Circuit, Criminal, Juvenile and General Sessions Court | Hamblen County Government), phone 423-586-5640, 440 N Jackson Street Morristown, TN 37814, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser. That page belongs to a lower court, the General Sessions Court, not to the Hamblen 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 Morristown
The Hamblen County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Morristown (filed by the FBI as Morristown Police Department) serve warrants in and around Morristown.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Hamblen County: the Wildlife Resources Agency's Region 4 (state agency); Walters State Community College (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Hamblen 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 two agencies in Hamblen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,967 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Morristown arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Morristown 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 Hamblen County Sheriff's Office, held about 340 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at hamblencountytn.gov/sheriff, phone (423) 586-3781. The Morristown inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Morristown on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Morristown
The place to check for a warrant from Morristown is the District Attorney General, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
The one Hamblen County page SearchSystems verified, the prosecutor's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Morristown
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Morristown that means appearing before the Hamblen County Circuit and Chancery Courts or the General Sessions Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master.
A missed date in a case before the General Sessions Court is handled by that court, not by the Hamblen 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 Morristown?
Not from the Hamblen County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master.
Who serves warrants in Morristown?
The agency that reports for Morristown inside the city and the Hamblen 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 Morristown held?
At the county jail, run by the Hamblen County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Morristown 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.
Is this the official Morristown 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.