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.
Stuart, Florida, in Martin County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Stuart comes from a judge of the Martin 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: Stuart public records, Martin County warrants, Stuart arrest records, Stuart criminal records, Stuart court records, Stuart traffic tickets, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Stuart
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Stuart that means the Martin 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 martinclerk.com/226/Court-Records (page title: Court Records | Martin County Clerk), phone 772-223-7917, 100 SE Ocean Boulevard Constitutional Building Stuart, FL 34994, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 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 Stuart
The Martin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Stuart (filed by the FBI as Stuart Police Department) serve warrants in and around Stuart.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit and five state agencies in Martin County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Martin County is whichever one finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid across Florida.
Together, the two agencies in Martin County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 571 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Stuart arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Stuart 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 Martin County Sheriff's Office, held about 610 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Stuart on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Stuart
The place to check for a warrant from Stuart is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at 772-223-7917, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Martin 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Stuart
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Stuart that means appearing before the Martin 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 Martin County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Stuart?
Not from the Martin 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 772-223-7917.
Who serves warrants in Stuart?
The agency that reports for Stuart inside the city and the Martin 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 Stuart held?
At the county jail, run by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Stuart 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 772-223-7917.
Is this the official Stuart 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.