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 25, 2026.
Bradley, Illinois, in Kankakee County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bradley comes from a judge of the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, 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: Bradley public records, Kankakee County warrants, Bradley arrest records, Bradley inmate search, Bradley criminal records, Bradley court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Bradley
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bradley that means the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
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 Circuit Clerk.
For Kankakee County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/24/Kankakee-County-Courthouse-/... (page title: Kankakee County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (815) 937-2915, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Kankakee County.
Illinois has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Bradley
The Kankakee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bradley (filed by the FBI as Bradley Police Department) serve warrants in and around Bradley.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kankakee County: Kankakee Community College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Kankakee County is good anywhere in Illinois, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the six agencies in Kankakee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 841 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bradley arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bradley 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 Kankakee County Sheriff's Office, held about 620 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at kankakeecountysheriff.com/inmate-search. The Bradley inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Bradley on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Bradley
Whether a warrant is out from Bradley shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (815) 937-2915, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State's Attorney, phone 815-936-5801, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office at kankakeecountysheriff.com/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Kankakee 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 Bradley
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Bradley that means appearing before the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, with the case put back on the calendar through the Circuit Clerk.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at k3county.net/m/directory/department?did=41, phone 815-936-5801.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bradley?
Not from the Kankakee County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk at (815) 937-2915.
Who serves warrants in Bradley?
The agency that reports for Bradley inside the city and the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Illinois warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bradley held?
At the county jail, run by the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bradley 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 Circuit Clerk at (815) 937-2915.
Is this the official Bradley website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.