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 9, 2026.
Russell County, Virginia, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Russell County comes from a judge of the Russell 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: Russell County public records, Russell County arrest records, Russell County inmate search, Russell County criminal records, Russell County court records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Russell County
In Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Russell County that means the Russell 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.
For Russell County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at vacourts.gov/courts/combined/russell/home (page title: Russell General and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Combined Courts | Virginia Court System), phone (276) 889-8051, 8091 ADDRESS P. O. Box 65 83 E. Main Street Lebanon, VA 24266-0065, 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 Russell County
The Russell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lebanon serve warrants in Russell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Russell County: the Russell County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The St. Paul Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Russell County, so its arrests are not broken out for Russell County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Russell County is whichever one finds the person; a Virginia warrant is valid across Virginia.
Together, the two agencies in Russell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,055 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Russell County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Russell 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 Russell County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at russellcountysheriffsdepartment.com. The Russell County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Russell 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 Russell County
The places to check for a warrant from Russell County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 889-8051, 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Russell 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 Russell County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Russell County starts with the Circuit Court Clerk at (276) 889-8051: 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 Russell Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Commonwealth's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at wcyb.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Russell County?
Not from the Russell 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) 889-8051.
Who serves warrants in Russell County?
The Russell 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 Russell County held?
At the county jail, run by the Russell County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Russell 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) 889-8051.
Is this the official Russell 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.