The Warrant/Civil Unit processes serve and maintains all local warrants and assist other counties with serving their warrants locally. Other responsibilities of this unit include placing and releasing holds with other agencies and arranging Felony Extraditions from Out of State.
The Warrant/Civil Unit also serves and maintains all civil processes for the county, as well as all evictions, TPOs, patient transports for mental evaluations, court-ordered stand-bys, Levy FI FA's, and Sheriff Sales. This division serves all court and private subpoenas.
The Warrant/Civil Unit coordinates its efforts with the Cherokee County Justice Center, District Attorney's office, Solicitor's office, Probation offices, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections as well as local and out-of-state law enforcement agencies.
The Cherokee Sheriff's Office will not collect or solicit payment for warrants nor fines via telephone or any other automated service.
All Documents & Payment is required for process and service, please refer to 'Civil Service Requirements' in the documents section. If any items are missing it may be cause for us to return to sender for all required documents.
The civil division has over 1000 active civil papers and subpoenas to be served spread over 16 zones throughout the county, all served by 6 deputies. Therefore, the approximate time for papers to be served is 4-6 weeks. It should also be noted that some papers can only be served personally, so it may take longer than 4-6 weeks to serve those papers.
I called your office and scheduled a time to pick up my civil papers. Where are you located and what are your hours?
I have civil papers that need to be served to me but I don't get home until after 5pm. What should I do?
Can I call to check the status of the service of my documents?
I was served civil papers and told I had 30 days to respond. How do I respond?
If you have additional questions call (678) 493-4251.