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 on September 24, 2026.
Brooke County, West Virginia, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Brooke County comes from a judge of the Brooke 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: Brooke County public records, Brooke County arrest records, Brooke County inmate search, Brooke County criminal records, Brooke County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Brooke County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Brooke County that means the Brooke 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 brookecountywv.gov/government/county_clerk/document_inquiry_system.php, phone 304-737-3661, 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 Brooke County
The Brooke County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany, Beech Bottom and Windsor Heights serve warrants in Brooke County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Brooke County: the State Fire Marshal in Brooke County and the Department of Natural Resources in Brooke County (state agency); the Wellsburg State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Weirton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Brooke County, so its arrests are not broken out for Brooke County here.
A warrant issued in Brooke County is good anywhere in West Virginia, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Brooke County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,351 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Brooke County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Brooke County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Brooke 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 Brooke 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 Brooke County
Whether a warrant is out from Brooke County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-737-3661, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone (304) 737-3660, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Brooke 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 Brooke County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Brooke County starts with the Circuit Clerk at 304-737-3661: 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 Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Brooke County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at brookecountywv.gov, phone (304) 737-3660.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Brooke County?
Not from the Brooke 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 304-737-3661.
Who serves warrants in Brooke County?
The Brooke 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 Brooke County held?
In the regional jail that serves Brooke County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Brooke 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 at 304-737-3661.
Is this the official Brooke 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.