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 1, 2026.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pocahontas County comes from a judge of the Pocahontas 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: Pocahontas County public records, Pocahontas County arrest records, Pocahontas County inmate search, Pocahontas County criminal records, Pocahontas County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Pocahontas County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pocahontas County that means the Pocahontas 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/pocahontas_c... (page title: Pocahontas County Information | West Virginia Judiciary), phone 304-647-6621, 912 Court Street North Lewisburg, WV 24901, 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 Pocahontas County
The Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Marlinton serve warrants in Pocahontas County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pocahontas County: the State Fire Marshal in Pocahontas County and the Department of Natural Resources in Pocahontas County (state agency); the Marlinton State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,205 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pocahontas County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pocahontas County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County
The place to check for a warrant from Pocahontas County is the court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-647-6621, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Pocahontas County that means appearing before the Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Pocahontas County?
Not from the Pocahontas 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 304-647-6621.
Who serves warrants in Pocahontas County?
The Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County held?
In the regional jail that serves Pocahontas County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Pocahontas 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 304-647-6621.
Is this the official Pocahontas 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.