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 4, 2026.
Lake County, Tennessee, has about 6,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lake County comes from a judge of the Lake 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: Lake County public records, Lake County arrest records, Lake County inmate search, Lake County criminal records, Lake County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lake County
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lake County that means the Lake 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 Lake County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at lakecountytn.gov/government/courts/circuit (page title: Circuit | Lake County, TN Government), phone (731) 253-7137, 229 Church St. Box 11 Tiptonville, TN 38079, Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., 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 Lake County
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tiptonville and Ridgely serve warrants in Lake County.
A warrant issued in Lake 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 Lake County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 219 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lake County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lake 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office, held about 30 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lakecountytn.gov/government/departments/sheriffs-department, phone (731) 253-7791. The Lake County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lake 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 Lake County
Whether a warrant is out from Lake County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (731) 253-7137, 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 Lake County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Lake County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lake County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master at (731) 253-7137: 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 Lake 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-29.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lake County?
Not from the Lake 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) 253-7137.
Who serves warrants in Lake County?
The Lake 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 Lake County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lake 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 (731) 253-7137.
Is this the official Lake 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.