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 2, 2026.
Gwinnett County, Georgia, has about 1.0 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gwinnett County comes from a judge of the Gwinnett County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate 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: Gwinnett County public records, Gwinnett County arrest records, Gwinnett County inmate search, Gwinnett County criminal records, Gwinnett County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gwinnett County
In Georgia an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gwinnett County that means the Gwinnett County Superior Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit; the State Court and Magistrate Court issue their own warrants on the cases before them. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Superior Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gwinnettcourts.com/casesearch (page title: Gwinnett Courts | Case Search), phone 770-619-6100, 75 Langley Drive Lawrenceville, GA 30046, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Georgia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Gwinnett County
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, the Gwinnett County Police Department and the agencies that report for Duluth, Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Snellville, Norcross and Lilburn serve warrants in Gwinnett County.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, one state police unit and two campus police departments in Gwinnett County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Auburn Police Department, the Doraville Police Department, the Loganville Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Gwinnett County, so their arrests are not broken out for Gwinnett County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Gwinnett County is whichever one finds the person; a Georgia warrant is valid across Georgia.
Together, the eight agencies in Gwinnett County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,748 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gwinnett County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, held about 600 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at gwinnettcounty.com/government/departments/sheriff/inmate-services. The Gwinnett County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County
The places to check for a warrant from Gwinnett County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Superior Court at 770-619-6100, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 770.822.8400, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Gwinnett County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor'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 Gwinnett County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gwinnett County that means appearing before the Gwinnett County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Superior Court.
A missed date in a case before the State Court and Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the Gwinnett County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at gwinnettcounty.com, phone 770.822.8400.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gwinnett County?
Not from the Gwinnett County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Superior Court at 770-619-6100.
Who serves warrants in Gwinnett County?
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Georgia warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Gwinnett County held?
At the county jail, run by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gwinnett 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 Superior Court at 770-619-6100.
Is this the official Gwinnett 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.