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.
Gurnee, Illinois, in Lake County, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gurnee comes from a judge of the Circuit Court of Lake 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: Gurnee public records, Lake County warrants, Gurnee arrest records, Gurnee inmate search, Gurnee criminal records, Gurnee court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gurnee
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gurnee that means the Circuit Court of Lake 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 Lake County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/lake.html (page title: Lake County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1840-1898)), phone 815-753-1807, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Gurnee
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gurnee (filed by the FBI as Gurnee Police Department) serve warrants in and around Gurnee.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department and three other agencies in Lake County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Barrington Police Department, the Island Lake Police Department, the Fox River Grove Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Lake County, so their arrests are not broken out for Lake County here.
A warrant issued in Lake 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 31 agencies in Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,816 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gurnee arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gurnee 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 510 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at lakecountyil.gov/2031/Inmate-Information. The Gurnee inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gurnee on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Gurnee
Whether a warrant is out from Gurnee shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at 815-753-1807, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office at lakecountyil.gov/2031/Inmate-Information, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Lake County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Gurnee
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Gurnee starts with the Circuit Clerk at 815-753-1807: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gurnee?
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 Circuit Clerk at 815-753-1807.
Who serves warrants in Gurnee?
The agency that reports for Gurnee inside the city and the Lake 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 Gurnee held?
At the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gurnee 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 815-753-1807.
Is this the official Gurnee 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.