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.
Davidson County, Tennessee, has about 730,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Davidson County 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.
Related guides: Davidson County public records, Davidson County arrest records, Davidson County inmate search, Davidson County criminal records, Davidson County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Davidson County
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Davidson County 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.
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.
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 Davidson County
The Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search and the agencies that report for Goodlettsville, Belle Meade and Berry Hill serve warrants in Davidson County.
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 Davidson County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Davidson 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 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 Davidson County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Davidson 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 Davidson County
The places to check for a warrant from Davidson County:
- 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 Davidson County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Davidson County that means appearing before the Davidson 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 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 Davidson County?
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 Davidson County?
The Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Tennessee warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Davidson County held?
At the county jail, run by the Davidson County Sheriff - Active Inmate Search, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Davidson 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 Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at 615.862.5601.
Is this the official Davidson 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.