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.
St. Johns County, Florida, has about 335,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Johns County comes from a judge of the St. Johns 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: St. Johns County public records, St. Johns County arrest records, St. Johns County inmate search, St. Johns County criminal records, St. Johns County court records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Johns County
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Johns County that means the St. Johns 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 stjohnsclerk.com/online-research (page title: Online Research | St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller), 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 St. Johns County
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach serve warrants in St. Johns County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies, one other agency and one state police unit in St. Johns County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in St. Johns 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.
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office reported 3,699 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Johns County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Johns 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 St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, held about 370 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 sjso.org/detention-center, phone 904.209.1443. The St. Johns County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Johns 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 St. Johns County
The places to check for a warrant from St. Johns County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the St. Johns County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor'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 St. Johns County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from St. Johns County that means appearing before the St. Johns 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 St. Johns County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sao7.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Johns County?
Not from the St. Johns 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.
Who serves warrants in St. Johns County?
The St. Johns 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 St. Johns County held?
At the county jail, run by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Johns 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 St. Johns 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.