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.
Hampshire County, West Virginia, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hampshire County comes from a judge of the Hampshire 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: Hampshire County public records, Hampshire County arrest records, Hampshire County inmate search, Hampshire County criminal records, Hampshire County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hampshire County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hampshire County that means the Hampshire 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 hampshirecircuitclerkwv.com (page title: Hampshire County Circuit Clerk | Circuit and Family Court | Romney, WV, USA), phone 304-822-5112, 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 Hampshire County
The Hampshire County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Romney and Capon Bridge serve warrants in Hampshire County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Hampshire County: the Department of Natural Resources in Hampshire County and the State Fire Marshal in Hampshire County (state agency); the Romney State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Hampshire 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 Hampshire County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 122 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hampshire County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hampshire County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire County
The place to check for a warrant from Hampshire County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-822-5112, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Hampshire County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Hampshire County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hampshire County that means appearing before the Hampshire 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 Hampshire County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hampshire County?
Not from the Hampshire 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 304-822-5112.
Who serves warrants in Hampshire County?
The Hampshire 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 Hampshire County held?
In the regional jail that serves Hampshire County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Hampshire 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 304-822-5112.
Is this the official Hampshire 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.