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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Beckley, West Virginia, in Raleigh County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Beckley comes from a judge of the Raleigh County Circuit Court or the Magistrate 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: Beckley public records, Raleigh County warrants, Beckley arrest records, Beckley inmate search, Beckley criminal records, Beckley court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Beckley
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Beckley that means the Raleigh County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, the larger civil cases and juvenile matters; the Magistrate Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $10,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/raleigh_county (page title: Raleigh County Information | West Virginia Judiciary), phone 304-252-2417, 222 Main Street Beckley, WV 25801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
West Virginia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Beckley
The Raleigh County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Beckley (filed by the FBI as Beckley Police Department) serve warrants in and around Beckley.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, two state agencies, one campus police department and one state police unit in Raleigh County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Raleigh County is whichever one finds the person; a West Virginia warrant is valid across West Virginia.
Together, the two agencies in Raleigh County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,851 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Beckley arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Beckley Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Raleigh County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; the state's inmate search is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
A person arrested in Beckley on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Beckley
The place to check for a warrant from Beckley is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-252-2417, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Raleigh County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 West Virginia State Police is not open to the public in West Virginia, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Beckley
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Beckley that means appearing before the Raleigh County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Raleigh County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Beckley?
Not from the Raleigh County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk at 304-252-2417.
Who serves warrants in Beckley?
The agency that reports for Beckley inside the city and the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a West Virginia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Beckley held?
In the regional jail that serves Raleigh County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Beckley 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 Clerk at 304-252-2417.
Is this the official Beckley 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.