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 on September 30, 2026.
Trousdale County, Tennessee, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Trousdale County comes from a judge of the Trousdale 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: Trousdale County public records, Trousdale County arrest records, Trousdale County criminal records, Trousdale County court records, Trousdale County police reports, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Trousdale County
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Trousdale County that means the Trousdale 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.
For Trousdale County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at tncourts.gov/node/9782397 (page title: Trousdale County | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts), 303 East Main Street, Room #1 Hartsville, TN 37074, 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 Trousdale County
The Hartsville/Trousdale County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Trousdale County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Trousdale County: Drug Task Force's 15th Judicial District (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Trousdale County is whichever one finds the person; a Tennessee warrant is valid across Tennessee.
The Hartsville/Trousdale County Sheriff's Office reported 645 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Trousdale County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Trousdale 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 Hartsville/Trousdale County Sheriff's Office, held about 36 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Trousdale 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 Trousdale County
The place to check for a warrant from Trousdale County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Trousdale County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Trousdale County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Trousdale County that means appearing before the Trousdale 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 Trousdale County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Trousdale County?
Not from the Trousdale 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.
Who serves warrants in Trousdale County?
The Hartsville/Trousdale 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 Trousdale County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hartsville/Trousdale County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Trousdale 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.
Is this the official Trousdale 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.