Police Criminal Warrants Division

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.

If you are wanted by the police, it is better for you to turn yourself in for your safety and ours.

Benefits of surrendering yourself at the warrants division:

• 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 if 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.

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can come surrender at the Criminal Warrants Division located at 440 3rd Avenue North between 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 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 patrol assistance.

Hours of operation:7:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., 7 days a week.

Report Wanted Criminals online

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.

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

If you have a criminal summons

A criminal summons is not an arrest order or warrant. If you have a criminal summons, it was issued in lieu of an arrest warrant, and you will not be taken into custody or booked into jail (unless you have other charges against you not relating to the summons). The summons will be issued to you which will result in a future court date. The process for receiving your summons only takes a few minutes and you will not be taken into custody.

Weekly Most Wanted Program

The Weekly Most Wanted Program 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 participating citizens 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 locate fugitives in the neighborhoods in which they hide. This program is a partnership with local Clergy, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, The Office of the District Attorney, Public Defender, Davidson County Courts, Juvenile Court.