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.
Hawkins County, Tennessee, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hawkins County 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: Hawkins County public records, Hawkins County arrest records, Hawkins County criminal records, Hawkins County court records, Hawkins County police reports, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hawkins County
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hawkins County 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.
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 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 Hawkins County
The Hawkins County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Church Hill, Mount Carmel, Rogersville and Surgoinsville serve warrants in Hawkins County.
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.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hawkins County is whichever one finds the person; a Tennessee warrant is valid across Tennessee.
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 Hawkins County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hawkins 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 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 Hawkins 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 Hawkins County
The places to check for a warrant from Hawkins County:
- 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 Hawkins County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hawkins County that means appearing before the Hawkins 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 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 Hawkins County?
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 Hawkins County?
The Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, 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 Hawkins County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hawkins 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 (423) 272-3397.
Is this the official Hawkins 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.