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 September 30, 2026.
Tyler County, West Virginia, has about 7,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tyler County comes from a judge of the Tyler 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: Tyler County public records, Tyler County arrest records, Tyler County inmate search, Tyler County criminal records, Tyler County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tyler County
In West Virginia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tyler County that means the Tyler 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 tylercountywv.com/tyler-county-circuit-clerk (page title: Tyler County Circuit Clerk | Tyler County Government Services), phone 304-758-4811, 230 Main Street Middlebourne, WV 26149, Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm, 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 Tyler County
The Tyler County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sistersville serve warrants in Tyler County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tyler County: the Department of Natural Resources in Tyler County and the State Fire Marshal in Tyler County (state agency); the Paden City State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Paden City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Tyler County, so its arrests are not broken out for Tyler County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Tyler County is whichever one finds the person; a West Virginia warrant is valid across West Virginia.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tyler County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tyler County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the regional jail that serves Tyler 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 Tyler 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 Tyler County
Whether a warrant is out from Tyler County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 304-758-4811, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 304-758-2860, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Tyler County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Tyler County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Tyler County that means appearing before the Tyler 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 Tyler County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at tylercountywv.com, phone 304-758-2860.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Tyler County?
Not from the Tyler 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 304-758-4811.
Who serves warrants in Tyler County?
The Tyler 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 Tyler County held?
In the regional jail that serves Tyler County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
How is a warrant from Tyler 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 304-758-4811.
Is this the official Tyler 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.