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 30, 2026.
Duval County, Florida, has about 1.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Duval County comes from a judge of the Duval 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: Duval County public records, Duval County arrest records, Duval County inmate search, Duval County criminal records, Duval County court records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Duval County
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Duval County that means the Duval 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.
For Duval County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at duvalclerk.com/online-option/court-records (page title: - Court Records), phone (904) 255-2000, 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 Duval County
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach serve warrants in Duval County.
The FBI's agency list also places seven state agencies, two campus police departments, two other agencies and one state police unit in Duval County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Duval 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 four agencies in Duval County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 26,669 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Duval County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Duval County 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 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, held about 2,980 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 jaxsheriff.org. The Duval County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Duval County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Duval County
The place to check for a warrant from Duval County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at (904) 255-2000, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Duval 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 Duval County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Duval County that means appearing before the Duval 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 Duval County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Duval County?
Not from the Duval 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 (904) 255-2000.
Who serves warrants in Duval County?
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Florida warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Duval County held?
At the county jail, run by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Duval County 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 (904) 255-2000.
Is this the official Duval County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.