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 23, 2026.
New Kent County, Virginia, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for New Kent County comes from a judge of the New Kent 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: New Kent County public records, New Kent County arrest records, New Kent County criminal records, New Kent County court records, New Kent County police reports, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in New Kent County
In Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For New Kent County that means the New Kent 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/new_kent/home (page title: New Kent Circuit Court | Virginia Court System), phone (804) 966-9520, 98 Courthouse 12001, 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 New Kent County
The New Kent County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in New Kent County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in New Kent County: the New Kent County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in New Kent County is good anywhere in Virginia, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
The New Kent County Sheriff's Office reported 710 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in New Kent County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from New Kent 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 New Kent County Sheriff's Office, held about 75 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in New Kent 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 New Kent County
The places to check for a warrant from New Kent County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at (804) 966-9520, 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 New Kent 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 New Kent County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from New Kent County that means appearing before the New Kent Circuit Court or the General District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Court Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the General District Court is handled by that court, not by the New Kent Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in New Kent County?
Not from the New Kent 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 (804) 966-9520.
Who serves warrants in New Kent County?
The New Kent 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 New Kent County held?
At the county jail, run by the New Kent County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from New Kent 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 (804) 966-9520.
Is this the official New Kent 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.