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 25, 2026.
Plantation, Florida, in Broward County, has about 101,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Plantation 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Plantation
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Plantation 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.
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 the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
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 Plantation
The Broward County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Plantation (filed by the FBI as Plantation Police Department) serve warrants in and around Plantation.
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.
A warrant issued in Broward County is good anywhere in Florida, 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 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 Plantation arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Plantation 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 Plantation inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Plantation on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Plantation
The place to check for a warrant from Plantation 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 Plantation
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Plantation that means appearing before the Broward County Circuit Court or the County Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
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 Plantation?
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 Plantation?
The agency that reports for Plantation 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 Plantation held?
At the county jail, run by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Plantation 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 Plantation 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.