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 October 4, 2026.
Boone County, West Virginia, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Boone County comes from a judge of the Boone 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Boone County public records, Boone County arrest records, Boone County inmate search, Boone County criminal records, Boone County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Boone County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Boone County that means the Boone 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.
For Boone County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at boonecountyclerkwv.com/online-records (page title: Online Records | Clerk of Boone County, West Virginia), Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Boone County
The Boone County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Madison, Danville, Whitesville and Sylvester serve warrants in Boone County.
The FBI's agency list also places two state police units and two state agencies in Boone County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Boone County is whichever one finds the person; a West Virginia warrant is valid across West Virginia.
Together, the three agencies in Boone County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,290 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Boone County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Boone County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Boone 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 Boone 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 Boone County
Whether a warrant is out from Boone County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Boone County pages SearchSystems verified (the court's and the prosecutor'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 Boone County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Boone County that means appearing before the Boone 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 Boone County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at wchstv.com.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Boone County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Boone County and West Virginia. These wanted and warrant pages from its Boone County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Arrest Warrants (boonewvsheriff.org)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Boone County?
Not from the Boone County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Boone County?
The Boone County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a West Virginia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Boone County held?
In the regional jail that serves Boone County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Boone 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 Clerk.
Is this the official Boone 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.