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 9, 2026.
West Palm Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County, has about 128,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for West Palm Beach comes from a judge of the Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For West Palm Beach that means the Palm Beach 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.
For Palm Beach County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/court-records (page title: Court Records | Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County), phone (561) 355-2996, 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 West Palm Beach
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for West Palm Beach (filed by the FBI as West Palm Beach Police Department) serve warrants in and around West Palm Beach.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, one other agency, six state agencies and one state police unit in Palm Beach County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Palm Beach 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 11 agencies in Palm Beach County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,769 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in West Palm Beach arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from West Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, held about 2,590 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 pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu, phone (561) 688-3000. The West Palm Beach inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in West Palm Beach on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in West Palm Beach
The places to check for a warrant from West Palm Beach:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (561) 355-2996, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State Attorney, phone 561-355-7100, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Palm Beach County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor'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 West Palm Beach
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from West Palm Beach starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (561) 355-2996: 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 Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sa15.org, phone 561-355-7100.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in West Palm Beach?
Not from the Palm Beach 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 (561) 355-2996.
Who serves warrants in West Palm Beach?
The agency that reports for West Palm Beach inside the city and the Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach held?
At the county jail, run by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from West Palm Beach 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 (561) 355-2996.
Is this the official West Palm Beach 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.