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.
Warren County, Tennessee, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Warren County comes from a judge of the Warren 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: Warren County public records, Warren County arrest records, Warren County inmate search, Warren County criminal records, Warren County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Warren County
In Tennessee an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Warren County that means the Warren 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 Warren County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at warrencountytn.gov/government/courts/index.php (page title: Warrren County, TN), 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 Warren County
The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for McMinnville serve warrants in Warren County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Warren County: Drug Task Force's 31st Judicial District (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Warren 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 Warren County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,154 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Warren County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Warren 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office, held about 260 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at warrencountytn.gov/government/sheriff_s_department/index.php, phone 931.473.7863. The Warren County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Warren 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 Warren County
The place to check for a warrant from Warren 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.
Not one of the Warren County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Warren County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Warren County that means appearing before the Warren 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 Warren County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Warren County?
Not from the Warren 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 Warren County?
The Warren 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 Warren County held?
At the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Warren 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 Warren 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.