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.
Orange County, Florida, has about 1.5 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Orange County 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: Orange County public records, Orange County arrest records, Orange County inmate search, Orange County police reports, Orange County property records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Orange County
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Orange County 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.
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.
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 Orange County
The Orange County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Orlando, Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Winter Park, Maitland and five more cities serve warrants in Orange County.
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 Orange County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Orange 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 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 Orange County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Orange 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 Orange County
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 Orange County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Orange County 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 Orange County?
The Orange 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 Orange County held?
At the county jail, run by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Orange 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.
Is this the official Orange 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.