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.
Lake County, Florida, has about 444,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lake County comes from a judge of the Lake 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: Lake County public records, Lake County arrest records, Lake County inmate search, Lake County criminal records, Lake County court records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lake County
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lake County that means the Lake 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lakecountyclerkfl.gov/departments/courts-management/court-data-reco... (page title: Search Court Records), phone 352-742-4100, 550 W. Main St., Tavares, FL 32778, 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 Lake County
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Clermont, Leesburg, Eustis, Groveland, Tavares, Minneola and seven more cities serve warrants in Lake County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Lake County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Lake 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 two agencies in Lake County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,042 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lake County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lake 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office, held about 720 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at lcso.org/inmate-search, phone 352-343-2101. The Lake County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lake 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 Lake County
Whether a warrant is out from Lake County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at 352-742-4100, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office at lcso.org/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Lake County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Lake County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lake County starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller at 352-742-4100: 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 Lake County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lake County?
Not from the Lake 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 352-742-4100.
Who serves warrants in Lake County?
The Lake County 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 Lake County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lake 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 352-742-4100.
Is this the official Lake 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.