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.
Grant County, West Virginia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Grant County comes from a judge of the Grant 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: Grant County public records, Grant County arrest records, Grant County inmate search, Grant County criminal records, Grant County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Grant County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Grant County that means the Grant 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 Grant County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/grant (page title: Grant County | West Virginia Judiciary), 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 Grant County
The Grant County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Petersburg serve warrants in Grant County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Grant County: the State Fire Marshal in Grant County and the Department of Natural Resources in Grant County (state agency); Potomac Highlands Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Grant 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.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office reported 59 arrests to the FBI for 2023; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Grant County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Grant County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant County
The one Grant County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 Grant County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Grant County that means appearing before the Grant 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 Grant County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Grant County?
The Grant 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 Grant County held?
In the regional jail that serves Grant County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Grant 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 Grant 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.