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.
Mineral County, West Virginia, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Mineral County comes from a judge of the Mineral 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: Mineral County public records, Mineral County arrest records, Mineral County inmate search, Mineral County criminal records, Mineral County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Mineral County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Mineral County that means the Mineral 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 Mineral County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mineralwv.gov/circuit (page title: Circuit Clerk -), phone 304-788-1562, 4109 Address 150 Armstrong Street Second Floor Keyser WV 26726, 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 Mineral County
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Keyser and Ridgeley serve warrants in Mineral County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, two state agencies and one state police unit in Mineral County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Mineral 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 Mineral County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 187 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Mineral County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Mineral County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral County
The places to check for a warrant from Mineral County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-788-1562, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 304-788-0300, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Mineral County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Mineral County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Mineral County starts with the Circuit Clerk at 304-788-1562: 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 Mineral County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at mineralwv.gov/contact-us-prosecuting-attorney, phone 304-788-0300.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Mineral County?
Not from the Mineral 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 304-788-1562.
Who serves warrants in Mineral County?
The Mineral 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 Mineral County held?
In the regional jail that serves Mineral County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Mineral 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 304-788-1562.
Is this the official Mineral 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.