Reviewed and updated October 9, 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. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Oroville, California, in Butte County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Oroville comes from a judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Butte, 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: Oroville public records, Butte County warrants, Oroville arrest records, Oroville inmate search, Oroville criminal records, Oroville court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Oroville
In California an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Oroville that means the Superior Court of California, County of Butte, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Superior Court clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at butte.courts.ca.gov/online-services/case-information (page title: Case Information | Superior Court of California | County of Butte), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Oroville
The Butte County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Oroville (filed by the FBI as Oroville Police Department) serve warrants in and around Oroville.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies, one other agency and one campus police department in Butte County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Butte County is good anywhere in California, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the five agencies in Butte County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,714 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Oroville arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Oroville Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Butte County Sheriff's Office, held about 550 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at buttecounty.net/1723/BCSO-Booking-Logs. The Oroville inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Oroville on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Oroville
The places to check for a warrant from Oroville:
- The court file of the case, through the Superior Court clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Butte County Sheriff's Office at buttecounty.net/1723/BCSO-Booking-Logs, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Butte County 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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not open to the public in California, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Oroville
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Oroville starts with the Superior Court clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Oroville?
Not from the Butte County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Superior Court clerk.
Who serves warrants in Oroville?
The agency that reports for Oroville inside the city and the Butte County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a California warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Oroville held?
At the county jail, run by the Butte County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Oroville 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 Superior Court clerk.
Is this the official Oroville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.