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 on September 23, 2026.
Kankakee County, Illinois, has about 106,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Kankakee County 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: Kankakee County public records, Kankakee County arrest records, Kankakee County inmate search, Kankakee County criminal records, Kankakee County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Kankakee County
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Kankakee County 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is 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 Kankakee County
The Kankakee County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Manteno, Momence, Herscher and three more cities serve warrants in Kankakee County.
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.
The agency that serves a warrant from Kankakee County is whichever one finds the person; an Illinois warrant is valid across Illinois.
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 Kankakee County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Kankakee 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 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 Kankakee County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County
The places to check for a warrant from Kankakee County:
- 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 Kankakee County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Kankakee County starts with the Circuit Clerk at (815) 937-2915: 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 k3county.net/m/directory/department?did=41, phone 815-936-5801.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Kankakee County?
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 Kankakee County?
The Kankakee 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 Kankakee County held?
At the county jail, run by the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Kankakee 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 at (815) 937-2915.
Is this the official Kankakee 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.