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 30, 2026.
Gilmer County, West Virginia, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gilmer County comes from a judge of the Gilmer 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: Gilmer County public records, Gilmer County arrest records, Gilmer County inmate search, Gilmer County police reports, Gilmer County property records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gilmer County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gilmer County that means the Gilmer 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.
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 Gilmer County
The Gilmer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Glenville serve warrants in Gilmer County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, two state agencies and one state police unit in Gilmer County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Gilmer 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 two agencies in Gilmer County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 55 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gilmer County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gilmer County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Gilmer 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
The place to check for a warrant from Gilmer County is the Prosecuting Attorney, phone 304-462-7007, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Gilmer County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Gilmer County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gilmer County that means appearing before the Gilmer 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 Gilmer County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at gilmercounty.wv.gov, phone 304-462-7007.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gilmer County?
Not from the Gilmer 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 Gilmer County?
The Gilmer 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 Gilmer County held?
In the regional jail that serves Gilmer County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Gilmer 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 Gilmer 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.