Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Fairbanks, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fairbanks comes from a judge of the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Fairbanks public records, Fairbanks North Star Borough warrants, Fairbanks arrest records, Fairbanks criminal records, Fairbanks court records, Fairbanks DUI, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fairbanks
In Alaska an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fairbanks that means the Alaska Superior Court, which hears felonies, large civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the clerk of court at each courthouse keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at fnsb.gov/170/Borough-Clerks-Office (page title: Borough Clerk's Office | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK), phone (907) 459-1401, 907 Terminal Street Fairbanks, AK 99701, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Statewide, CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Fairbanks
The agency that reports for Fairbanks (filed by the FBI as Fairbanks Police Department) and, elsewhere, the Alaska State Troopers serve warrants in and around Fairbanks.
In Alaska the police for a given address is the city police inside a city with its own department and the Alaska State Troopers elsewhere.
A warrant issued in Fairbanks North Star Borough is good anywhere in Alaska, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the two agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,180 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fairbanks arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fairbanks Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody is in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in Alaska.
How to Check for a Warrant in Fairbanks
The places to check for a warrant from Fairbanks:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at each courthouse at (907) 459-1401, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- CourtView, the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
Not one of the Fairbanks North Star Borough pages SearchSystems verified (the court's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
Clearing a Warrant from Fairbanks
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Fairbanks starts with the clerk of court at each courthouse at (907) 459-1401: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Alaska Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fairbanks?
Not from the Fairbanks North Star Borough pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of court at each courthouse at (907) 459-1401.
Who serves warrants in Fairbanks?
The Alaska State Troopers or the city police; an Alaska warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Fairbanks held?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
How is a warrant from Fairbanks cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the clerk of court at each courthouse at (907) 459-1401.
Is this the official Fairbanks website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, borough, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.