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 1, 2026.
Carthage, Texas, in Panola County, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Carthage comes from a judge of the Panola County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts, 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: Carthage public records, Panola County warrants, Carthage arrest records, Carthage inmate search, Carthage criminal records, Carthage court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Carthage
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Carthage that means the Panola County District Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit; the County Courts and Justice Courts issue their own warrants on the cases before them. 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 District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.panola.tx.us/page/panola.District.Clerk (page title: District Clerk | Panola County, TX), phone 903-693-0306, 110 S Sycamore Street, Rm 227 Carthage, TX 75633, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Texas has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Carthage
The Panola County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Carthage (filed by the FBI as Carthage Police Department) serve warrants in and around Carthage.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Panola County: Panola College (campus police); Panola County Constable at Precinct 2 & 3 and Panola County Constable at Precinct 1 & 4 (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Tatum Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Panola County, so its arrests are not broken out for Panola County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Panola County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the two agencies in Panola County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 300 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Carthage arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Carthage 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 Panola County Sheriff's Office, held about 74 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at co.panola.tx.us/1204/Sheriffs-Office, phone 903-693-0333. The Carthage inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Carthage on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Carthage
The places to check for a warrant from Carthage:
- The court file of the case, through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at 903-693-0306, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 903-693-0310, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Panola 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 Carthage
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Carthage that means appearing before the Panola County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases.
A missed date in a case before the County Courts and Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the Panola County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.panola.tx.us/1205/District-Attorney, phone 903-693-0310.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Carthage?
Not from the Panola County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at 903-693-0306.
Who serves warrants in Carthage?
The agency that reports for Carthage inside the city and the Panola County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Carthage held?
At the county jail, run by the Panola County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Carthage 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 District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at 903-693-0306.
Is this the official Carthage website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.