Police Criminal Warrants Division

Due to confidential information listed on a warrant, officers of the Criminal Warrants Division will only conduct business in person. Each individual requesting warrant information must come to the Criminal Warrants Office.

If you are wanted by the police, it is better for you to turn yourself in as an alternative to the police having to track you down.

Benefits of turning yourself in:

• You avoid the police coming to your home.
• You avoid the police coming to your place of employment
• You avoid paying towing fees if your vehicle is towed, because you are stopped by the police and arrested.
• When turning yourself in you can make prior arrangements with an attorney, bondsman, your employer, and your family as needed.

The Criminal Warrants Division will not discuss any information over the phone related to outstanding warrants. If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you must come to the Criminal Warrants Division in person between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 7 days a week and bring a photo ID. If there is no one in the office, please call 615-862-8600 for assistance.

Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., 7 days a week.

No warrant information will be discussed over the phone.

• Report Wanted Criminals online
• Warrants Division Brochure - English
• Warrants Division Brochure - Spanish

Obtaining a Warrant

To obtain a warrant, individuals must contact the Davidson County District Attorney's office located next to the Warrant office. Its hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday.

More about the Criminal Warrants Division

Would you like to learn more about the warrants division and its functions? Please call 615-862-7685.

The primary goal of the Metro Nashville Police Department is keeping our community safe. This goal is achieved by the police department and the citizens of Nashville continuing to work together to get wanted criminals off the streets and out of our neighborhoods. You can keep your community safe by reporting people who have outstanding criminal warrants.

The Criminal Warrants Division of the Metropolitan Police Department is comprised of the following sections of officers and civilians: Warrants Section, Courtroom Apprehension Section, Fugitive Section and U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force.

These sections conduct a variety of functions to arrest and process wanted individuals. These functions include the following: serving outstanding criminal warrants, transporting fugitives, and locating wanted criminals.

Weekly Most Wanted Program

The list features persons wanted for violent offenses, crimes against children, sex crimes, burglary offenses or habitual TFV suspects, who have active warrants. Please visit the Criminal Warrants Division Facebook each week to view the Most Wanted person’s list.

Safe Surrender Program

The annual Safe Surrender program is a unique, creative, and highly successful initiative that encourages persons wanted for non-violent misdemeanors or felonies in Davidson County to voluntarily surrender in a neutral setting and possibly have their issue resolved immediately and/or receive legal consideration for their safe, voluntary surrender. Safe Surrender at its core is a restorative justice program which allows persons to regain control of their lives.

The goal of Safe Surrender is to reduce the risk to law enforcement officers, wanted individuals and the community when officers must pursue fugitives into the neighborhoods in which they hide. This program is a partnership with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, The Office of the District Attorney, Public Defender, Davidson County Courts, Juvenile Court and Clergy.