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 September 26, 2026.
North Lauderdale, Florida, in Broward County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for North Lauderdale comes from a judge of the Broward County Circuit Court or the County 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: North Lauderdale public records, Broward County warrants, North Lauderdale arrest records, North Lauderdale inmate search, North Lauderdale criminal records, North Lauderdale court records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in North Lauderdale
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For North Lauderdale that means the Broward County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, 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 the Circuit Court and Comptroller keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at browardclerk.org/web2 (page title: Case Search | Public | Broward County Clerk of Courts), phone (954) 831-6565, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Florida has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in North Lauderdale
The Broward County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for North Lauderdale (filed by the FBI as North Lauderdale Police Department) serve warrants in and around North Lauderdale.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies, six state agencies and one state police unit in Broward County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Broward County is whichever one finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid across Florida.
Together, the five agencies in Broward County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 4,591 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in North Lauderdale arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from North Lauderdale 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 Broward County Sheriff's Office, held about 4,070 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch. The North Lauderdale inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in North Lauderdale on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in North Lauderdale
The place to check for a warrant from North Lauderdale is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (954) 831-6565, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Broward County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 North Lauderdale
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from North Lauderdale starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (954) 831-6565: 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 County Court is handled by that court, not by the Broward County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in North Lauderdale?
Not from the Broward County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (954) 831-6565.
Who serves warrants in North Lauderdale?
The agency that reports for North Lauderdale inside the city and the Broward County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in North Lauderdale held?
At the county jail, run by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from North Lauderdale 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 the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (954) 831-6565.
Is this the official North Lauderdale 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.