How to Check for a Warrant in New Houlka
The 2020 Census counted 698 people in New Houlka, third among the county's incorporated places. Its size tells you nothing about who holds the files, though. The town fields its own police department and its own municipal judge, so a town citation stays a town matter from start to finish.
- Call 662-568-2745 and ask for the municipal court clerk, giving the citation or case number.
- Ask whether the docket shows a bench warrant, a capias, or nothing, and on what date.
- Ask for the police records contact on the same line if the court cannot locate the case.
- Call Justice Court Post 1 at 662-456-3941 or Post 2 at 662-447-3402 for a county citation.
- Call the sheriff at 662-456-2339 if no office can name the issuing court.
Note: a clean answer from the town only covers town dockets, since a county or city case elsewhere would never show up in a New Houlka search.
One New Houlka Number, Three Roles
Most towns spread their public contacts across several lines. New Houlka does not. The official town police page, the town's own contact record, and the state judiciary directory entry for the municipal judge all list 662-568-7951 as a fax only on the judge's entry, which otherwise matches the main number, 662-568-2745, and adds a post office box. That setup cuts both ways. One call reaches the right building, which is the upside. The catch is that whoever picks up may be wearing a different hat than the one you need, so state plainly whether you are calling about a police case or a court docket. Ask for the clerk by title rather than by name, since officeholders change between directory editions and a title always reaches the right desk.
The New Houlka Police Department and Municipal Court
New Houlka publishes a dedicated police page with its chief, street address, and phone number. That is more than several larger places in the county manage.
The town police department page above names Chief Ray Laney and lists the Walker Street location. The municipal court contact comes from the current state judiciary directory for New Houlka.
New Houlka Police Department
Chief Ray Laney
201 Walker St., New Houlka, MS 38850
662-568-2745
New Houlka Municipal Court
Judge Garry Turner in the state directory
P.O. Box 416, New Houlka, MS 38850
662-568-2745
No New Houlka Warrant Portal Exists
The town site is compact and honest about what it offers: contact details and civic history, not services. New Houlka posts no searchable warrant tool of any kind.
- No warrant search, warrant list, or most-wanted page.
- No citation lookup or online payment option.
- No warrant hotline, surrender form, or recall form.
- No amnesty or warrant-clearing event notice.
For a town of this size, that is no surprise. It leaves the phone call as the only route worth planning around in New Houlka.
Types of New Houlka Warrants
Four kinds of process can reach a New Houlka address. Only one of them belongs to the town itself.
| Warrant Type | How It Arises | Who Holds the File |
|---|---|---|
| Town bench warrant | A missed municipal setting or unpaid town fine | New Houlka Municipal Court |
| Town arrest warrant | An ordinance or town misdemeanor charge | New Houlka Municipal Court |
| Justice Court process | A county misdemeanor or citation outside town limits | Justice Court Post 1 or Post 2 |
| Circuit arrest warrant | A felony charge on a sworn affidavit | Circuit Clerk, Houston or Okolona |
Family and support enforcement adds a fifth route through the Chancery Clerk, and no New Houlka town office can address it.
New Houlka Is Also Called Houlka
The town's official site notes that New Houlka is also referred to simply as Houlka, and that detail matters more than it sounds. Old paperwork, a family member's citation, or a decades-old court reference may carry either spelling, and a clerk searching one version may miss the other. Give both names when you call. If a search comes back empty, ask the clerk to try the alternate spelling before concluding nothing exists.
What a New Houlka Warrant Record Shows
A New Houlka docket is short, and one call usually covers all of it. Ask for these pieces by name and write down what you hear.
| Citation or case number | The town's reference, repeated on each call with any CASE NO. the court assigns |
|---|---|
| Charge | The ordinance or town traffic violation behind the case |
| Missed setting | The date the court expected payment or an appearance |
| Process label | Bench warrant, capias, or another term the judge uses |
| Amount and bond | Fine, costs, or bond, none of which the town publishes in advance |
| How it clears | Payment, a reset, an appearance, or a motion, as the judge directs |
Ask whether the record is sealed, expunged, or a youth matter, since those carry separate confidentiality rules in New Houlka as anywhere else.
A Water Record Confirms New Houlka's Address
Checking a small town's contact details is worth the minute it takes. An unexpected source does the job here. The Mississippi Department of Health keeps public water-system records listing each system's physical address and municipal contacts for New Houlka.
The state water-system record above independently confirms the Walker Street address, the town phone number, and a mayoral contact for New Houlka. One caution applies. The population-served figure there counts water customers, not residents, so never read it as a Census count.
Where New Houlka Warrants Fit With Chickasaw County
The chain for a town case is short: town officers stop, citation written, municipal setting scheduled, appearance or payment missed, the judge signs process, officers serve it, the town clerk records the outcome. That chain feeds no public county list, and Chickasaw County publishes none to feed. A county case skips the town entirely. The county warrant records overview covers how the two courthouse districts, the Justice Court posts, and the statewide limits fit together for New Houlka residents.
Which District Handles a New Houlka Case
A New Houlka matter sometimes turns out to be a county matter. Then the question is which of the two districts holds it. The citation or notice normally names the court, and if it does not, the table narrows the call.
| Case Type | Where to Call | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| County misdemeanor or rural citation | Justice Court Post 1 or Post 2 | 662-456-3941 / 662-447-3402 |
| Felony or Circuit criminal file | Circuit Clerk, Houston or Okolona | 662-456-2331 / 662-447-2838 |
| Support, custody, guardianship | Chancery Clerk, either district | 662-456-2513 / 662-447-2092 |
| Issuing court unknown | Chickasaw County Sheriff | 662-456-2339 |
A New Houlka clerk cannot determine a county filing. Let the county office make that call rather than assuming from geography.
Public Access to New Houlka Warrant Records
A New Houlka town clerk is a public records office in the same way a county clerk is. The same state law applies to both.
Mississippi Public Records Act - Ask to inspect or copy one identifiable record, naming the court, the case number, and the dates. Actual reasonable costs may be charged, and a denial should be written and cite its exemption.
Police investigative material is exempt under that law even when an incident report is public. New Houlka youth-court records carry their own protections.
New Houlka's 1904 Railroad Founding
A railroad put New Houlka on the map. Its official site dates the founding to 1904, when residents moved from Old Houlka to reach the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The shorter name is the one that stuck.
The town homepage pairs that history with its department contacts. The dual name matters for a warrant check: a clerk may have to search both spellings to pull one file.