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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Derby, Connecticut, in New Haven County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Derby comes from a judge of the Connecticut Superior 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: Derby public records, New Haven County warrants, Derby arrest records, Derby inmate search, Derby criminal records, Derby court records, Connecticut arrest records and Connecticut inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Derby
In Connecticut an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Derby that means the Connecticut Superior Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family 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 clerk of each courthouse.
For New Haven County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at jud.ct.gov/jud2.htm (page title: Case Look-up CT Judicial Branch), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Judicial Branch Case Look-up is the Connecticut Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Derby
The agency that reports for Derby (filed by the FBI as Derby Police Department) and, elsewhere, the state police serve warrants in and around Derby.
In Connecticut the police for a given address is the town police in a town with its own department and the state police elsewhere.
The agency that serves a warrant from New Haven County is whichever one finds the person; a Connecticut warrant is valid across Connecticut.
Together, the seven agencies in New Haven County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15,770 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Derby arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Derby Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody is in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Correction, which runs every jail and prison in Connecticut; its inmate locator is at portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Inmate-Information.
How to Check for a Warrant in Derby
The places to check for a warrant from Derby:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of each courthouse, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Judicial Branch Case Look-up, the Connecticut Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one New Haven County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Derby
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Derby starts with the clerk of each courthouse: 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 Derby?
Not from the New Haven County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Judicial Branch Case Look-up is the Connecticut Judicial Branch'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 each courthouse.
Who serves warrants in Derby?
The state police or the town police; a Connecticut warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Derby held?
In a facility of the Connecticut Department of Correction, which runs every jail in Connecticut.
How is a warrant from Derby 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 each courthouse.
Is this the official Derby 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.