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 1, 2026.
Winter Garden, Florida, in Orange County, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Winter Garden comes from a judge of the Orange 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: Winter Garden public records, Orange County warrants, Winter Garden arrest records, Winter Garden inmate search, Winter Garden property records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Winter Garden
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Winter Garden that means the Orange 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.
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 Winter Garden
The Orange County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Winter Garden (filed by the FBI as Winter Garden Police Department) serve warrants in and around Winter Garden.
The FBI's agency list also places seven state agencies, one campus police department, one other agency and one state police unit in Orange County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Orange County is whichever one finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid across Florida.
Together, the two agencies in Orange County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,154 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Winter Garden arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Winter Garden 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 Orange County Sheriff's Office, held about 2,960 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 netapps.ocfl.net/BestJail/Home/Inmates, phone (407) 836-3400. The Winter Garden inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Winter Garden on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Winter Garden
Not one of the Orange County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Winter Garden
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Winter Garden starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller: 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 Orange County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Winter Garden?
The agency that reports for Winter Garden inside the city and the Orange 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 Winter Garden held?
At the county jail, run by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Winter Garden 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.
Is this the official Winter Garden 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.