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.
Summers County, West Virginia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Summers County comes from a judge of the Summers 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: Summers County public records, Summers County arrest records, Summers County inmate search, Summers County police reports, Summers County property records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Summers County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Summers County that means the Summers 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.
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 Summers County
The Summers County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hinton serve warrants in Summers County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Summers County: the Department of Natural Resources in Summers County and the State Fire Marshal in Summers County (state agency); the Hinton State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Summers County is whichever one finds the person; a West Virginia warrant is valid across West Virginia.
Together, the two agencies in Summers County with all twelve months of 2021 on file reported 84 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Summers County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Summers County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Summers 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 Summers 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 Summers County
The place to check for a warrant from Summers County is the Prosecuting Attorney, phone (304) 466-7110, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Summers 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 Summers County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Summers County starts with the Circuit Clerk: 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 Summers County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at summerscountywv.gov/prosecutingattorney, phone (304) 466-7110.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Summers County?
Not from the Summers 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 Summers County?
The Summers 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 Summers County held?
In the regional jail that serves Summers County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Summers 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 Summers 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.