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 30, 2026.
Dickenson County, Virginia, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dickenson County comes from a judge of the Dickenson 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Dickenson County public records, Dickenson County arrest records, Dickenson County inmate search, Dickenson County criminal records, Dickenson County court records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dickenson County
In Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dickenson County that means the Dickenson 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.
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 keeps that file.
For Dickenson County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at vacourts.gov/courts/combined/dickenson/home (page title: Dickenson General and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Combined Courts | Virginia Court System), phone (276) 926-1630, 4815 ADDRESS 119 Courthouse Lane Dickenson County Judicial Center P. O. Box 128 Clintwood, VA 24228-0128, 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 Dickenson County
The Dickenson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clintwood serve warrants in Dickenson County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dickenson County: the Dickenson County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Dickenson County is whichever one finds the person; a Virginia warrant is valid across Virginia.
Together, the two agencies in Dickenson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 360 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dickenson County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dickenson 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 Dickenson County Sheriff's Office, held about 310 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at dickensonva.org/115/Sheriff, phone (276) 926-1600. The Dickenson County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dickenson 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 Dickenson County
Whether a warrant is out from Dickenson County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 926-1630, 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 Commonwealth's Attorney, phone 276-365-6214, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Dickenson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
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 Dickenson County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Dickenson County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 926-1630: 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 Dickenson Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Commonwealth's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at dickensonva.org/114/Commonwealths-Attorney, phone 276-365-6214.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dickenson County?
Not from the Dickenson 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) 926-1630.
Who serves warrants in Dickenson County?
The Dickenson 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 Dickenson County held?
At the county jail, run by the Dickenson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dickenson 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) 926-1630.
Is this the official Dickenson 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.