Searching for a Warrant in Choctaw County
Each Choctaw County channel answers a narrower question than people expect. The citation portal tells you whether a ticket record posted. A clerk tells you what the court file holds today. The sheriff tells you whether process is out for service. None of them does all three jobs at once.
- Identify the issuing court from the citation, summons, or notice you received.
- Enter a Justice Court citation number in the county citation portal, letters included.
- Call Justice Court Clerk Katelyn Newman at 662-285-3599 and ask whether a bench warrant or capias is open.
- Call Circuit Clerk Amy Burdine at 662-285-6245 for anything that reached circuit court.
- Call an Ackerman town matter to 662-840-9185, or ask the clerk in French Camp, Mathiston, or Weir where their citations are filed.
- Ask the Sheriff's Office at 662-285-6129 whether a process is out for service.
- Where nothing resolves by phone, file a written request with the office that keeps the record.
Note: have the person's own legal name ready, and give a date of birth only when the Choctaw County office you called asks for it.
Choctaw County Warrant Timing After a Ticket
Timing explains a lot of failed Choctaw County lookups. The Justice Court portal tells users to allow up to five days from the ticket date before a record can be found and paid online. A search run on day two returns nothing. Reading that as an all clear can cost someone the appearance date that would have kept a warrant from issuing, and that mistake is hard to undo later. The five day window cuts the other way too. A court process issued after a missed date never shows up on a payment screen. That screen tracks a citation balance, not a warrant status. Waiting five days answers only the first question.
Warrant Search Fields Explained
Choctaw County's one public search interface is short enough to list in full. A record search step starts the workflow. Then come a terms agreement, a payment screen, and a receipt. Every field the page exposes to the public appears here.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Text input | Yes | Include any letter in the number; the page's own example reads 123456A. If a leading zero blocks the lookup, retry without it. |
| Name | Not present | No | The portal exposes no name search at all. |
| Date of birth | Not present | No | No identity field is offered or needed. |
| Warrant type or status | Not present | No | No filter, sort, tab, or export control appears. |
Choctaw County phone payment runs through 877-793-7925 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Weekend hours run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.
Paid Docket Access to Choctaw Warrants
Choctaw County dockets run through Mississippi Electronic Courts. Its public arm goes by PAMEC. The county belongs to the Fifth Circuit, and the MEC and PAMEC login screen wants a login, a password, and a client code before it lets you in. Registration and password recovery links sit right beside those fields.
That screen carries warnings worth reading first. Access is for official court business, and attempts are logged. Social Security numbers, dates of birth, minor child information, and home addresses are not supposed to appear in filings except where the rules allow. The case search fields sit behind the account, so nobody documents them from outside. PAMEC is a docket system rather than a warrant registry for Choctaw County. A docket flag is a clue, not a confirmation.
What a Warrant Search Shows
A successful check produces a small set of facts. Those facts are what a Choctaw County clerk can usually confirm out loud. Nothing here comes from a real case. The shape comes from Rule 3.2 and the status labels the Fifth Circuit publishes.
| Process type | Arrest warrant, bench warrant, capias, capias pro fine, or a failure to appear entry |
|---|---|
| Issuing court | Circuit Court, Justice Court Post 1 or Post 2, or Ackerman Municipal Court |
| Case reference | Cause number, justice court case, or a citation number such as 123456A |
| Current status | Issued, returned, pending, recalled, sealed, or expunged |
| Release terms | Bond type or a no bond note, where the court set one |
| Next step | Payment, a reset date, a hearing, or a required appearance |
Write down the words a Choctaw County clerk uses rather than paraphrasing them. Returned and recalled mean different things.
Portal Hits and Choctaw County Warrants
A hit in the Choctaw County citation portal tells you only two things: a citation exists and a balance can be paid. It says nothing about whether a judge later signed a warrant on the same case. Those records live apart. The payment screen is the vendor's side, while the warrant sits in the court file the clerk controls. The reverse mistake happens more often. People read a no-result answer as proof of a clean record. Usually it just means a mistyped citation number, a dropped leading zero, or a posting delay that has not caught up yet. It can also mean a municipal case that never entered the Choctaw County system, or a matter that moved up to circuit court. Telling those apart is a job for the clerk, not the portal. Call the clerk's office and ask before drawing any conclusion from either screen.
Where to Check Warrants in Choctaw County
The split of duties is simple once you see it written out. The Justice Court Clerk files pleadings, issues criminal process when a judge directs, certifies copies, and collects fines. Circuit criminal files belong to the Circuit Clerk. Choctaw County Chancery Clerk Steve Montgomery keeps the chancery and administrative records. Warrants are simply not his side of the house.
Choctaw County Justice Court
140 Jail House Road
Ackerman, MS 39735
662-285-3599
Ackerman Municipal Court
Judge Kasey Burney Young
P.O. Box 397, Sherman, MS 38869
662-840-9185
Justice Court Posts 1 and 2, held by Judge Lacee Black Jones and Judge Teresa Weeks, share one Choctaw County clerk's office and phone line.
Three Choctaw County Warrant Phone Routes
Picture a Choctaw County resident whose relative says something is open in Ackerman. No paperwork, no court named. The call sequence below works anyway. It takes about fifteen minutes.
- Call Justice Court at 662-285-3599 first, since lower court process is the most common kind here.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 662-285-6245 next and ask whether any circuit criminal file carries that name.
- Call the Sheriff's Office at 662-285-6129 last and ask whether any process is out for service.
Ask each office the same closing question. If something is open, what does the Choctaw County court accept to resolve it, and do I need a lawyer first? No recall form or bond schedule is published here, so the answer changes by case.
Restricted Warrants and Access Rules
Open by default does not mean open in full. A sealed matter, a youth court file, an investigative record, a search warrant application, or protected personal data can be withheld or redacted. A Choctaw County clerk who declines to read a sealed entry aloud is following the law.
Key Rules:
Miss. Code § 25-61-11 - lists the exemptions that can close part of a warrant file.
Miss. Code § 25-61-12 - shields protected law enforcement and judicial personal information.
Miss. Code § 25-61-7 - allows a public body to charge for search and copying.
Money limits access here. The PAMEC registration payment page charges a $10 annual fee for its online warrant records access. It accepts several online payment methods. Choctaw County researchers should note the added processing fee on third party payments and a delay when checks go by mail.
The clerk's counter in Ackerman reads the same warrant files for free. For one case, an in person visit to the Choctaw County circuit clerk beats paying online.
Federal Warrants Beyond Choctaw County
Federal warrants never surface in a Choctaw County warrant lookup. The county sits in the Northern District of Mississippi, Aberdeen Division. Federal filings reach the public through PACER, not through any sheriff's list. Sealed indictments and sealed complaints may never show. Restricted docket entries can stay hidden too, so a clean search result settles nothing. If you hold a federal notice, follow the instructions printed on it. Talk with the federal court or a lawyer before acting. Choctaw County's limits, including the absence of an outstanding warrant list with federal reach, do not answer a federal question.