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 24, 2026.
Buchanan County, Virginia, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Buchanan County comes from a judge of the Buchanan Circuit Court or the General District 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Buchanan County public records, Buchanan County arrest records, Buchanan County criminal records, Buchanan County court records, Buchanan County police reports, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Buchanan County
In Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Buchanan County that means the Buchanan Circuit Court, which hears felonies, divorces, the larger civil cases and appeals from the district courts; the General District Court issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at vacourts.gov/courts/circuit/buchanan/home (page title: Buchanan Circuit Court | Virginia Court System), phone (276) 935-6567, 7086 ADDRESS 1012 Walnut Street Post Office Box 929 Grundy, VA 24614-7115, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Buchanan County
The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Grundy serve warrants in Buchanan County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Buchanan County: the Buchanan County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Buchanan County is whichever one finds the person; a Virginia warrant is valid across Virginia.
Together, the two agencies in Buchanan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 554 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Buchanan County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Buchanan 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 Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
Whether a warrant is out from Buchanan County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 935-6567, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Online Case Information System, the Virginia courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Buchanan County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is not open to the public in Virginia, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Buchanan County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Buchanan County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 935-6567: 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 District Court is handled by that court, not by the Buchanan Circuit Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Buchanan County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Buchanan County and Virginia. These wanted and warrant pages from its Buchanan County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted, Virginia Department of Corrections (vadoc.virginia.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Buchanan County?
Not from the Buchanan County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 935-6567.
Who serves warrants in Buchanan County?
The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Virginia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Buchanan County held?
At the county jail, run by the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Buchanan 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 at (276) 935-6567.
Is this the official Buchanan 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.