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 2, 2026.
Fayette County, West Virginia, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fayette County comes from a judge of the Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Fayette County arrest records, Fayette County inmate search, Fayette County criminal records, Fayette County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fayette County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fayette County that means the Fayette 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Circuit Clerk keeps that file.
For Fayette County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/fayette (page title: Fayette County | West Virginia Judiciary), phone 304-574-4249, 100 North Court Street Fayetteville, WV 25840, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Fayette County
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Ansted, Mount Hope, Montgomery and Gauley Bridge serve warrants in Fayette County.
The FBI's agency list also places two state police units and two state agencies in Fayette County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Fayette 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 four agencies in Fayette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 478 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fayette County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fayette County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
The place to check for a warrant from Fayette County is the Prosecuting Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Fayette County pages SearchSystems verified (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 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 Fayette County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Fayette County that means appearing before the Fayette 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 Fayette County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at fayettecounty.wv.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fayette County?
Not from the Fayette County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Fayette County?
The Fayette 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 Fayette County held?
In the regional jail that serves Fayette County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Fayette 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 Fayette 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.