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 28, 2026.
DuPage County, Illinois, has about 937,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for DuPage County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court of DuPage 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: DuPage County public records, DuPage County arrest records, DuPage County inmate search, DuPage County criminal records, DuPage County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in DuPage County
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For DuPage County that means the Circuit Court of DuPage County, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
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 Circuit Clerk keeps that file.
For DuPage County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at dupagecircuitclerk.gov (page title: 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT CLERK DUPAGE COUNTY ILLINOIS), 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 DuPage County
The DuPage County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Bartlett and 24 more cities serve warrants in DuPage County.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies and two campus police departments in DuPage County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Hanover Park Police Department, the St. Charles Police Department, the Bolingbrook Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including DuPage County, so their arrests are not broken out for DuPage County here.
A warrant issued in DuPage 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 27 agencies in DuPage County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,532 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in DuPage County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from DuPage 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 DuPage County Sheriff's Office, held about 490 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at dupagesheriff.org. The DuPage County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in DuPage 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 DuPage County
Whether a warrant is out from DuPage County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State's Attorney, phone 630-407-8000, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the DuPage 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 DuPage County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from DuPage County starts with the Circuit Clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at dupagecounty.gov, phone 630-407-8000.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in DuPage County?
Not from the DuPage County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in DuPage County?
The DuPage County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Illinois warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in DuPage County held?
At the county jail, run by the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from DuPage 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 Circuit Clerk.
Is this the official DuPage 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.