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.
Lee County, Illinois, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lee County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court of Lee 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: Lee County public records, Lee County arrest records, Lee County inmate search, Lee County criminal records, Lee County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lee County
In Illinois an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lee County that means the Circuit Court of Lee 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 Lee County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/27/Lee-County-Courthouse/court (page title: Lee County Courts Building | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (815) 288-3309, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Lee 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 Lee County
The Lee County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Dixon, Amboy and Franklin Grove serve warrants in Lee County.
A warrant issued in Lee 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 two agencies in Lee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 447 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lee County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lee 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 Lee County Sheriff's Office, held about 29 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at leecountyil.com/DocumentCenter/View/2814/Jail-List?bidId=. The Lee County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lee 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 Lee County
The places to check for a warrant from Lee County:
- The court file of the case, through the Circuit Clerk at (815) 288-3309, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State's Attorney, phone 815-284-5245, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Lee County Sheriff's Office at leecountyil.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Lee 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 Lee County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lee County starts with the Circuit Clerk at (815) 288-3309: 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 leecountyil.com/264/States-Attorney, phone 815-284-5245.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lee County?
Not from the Lee 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) 288-3309.
Who serves warrants in Lee County?
The Lee 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 Lee County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lee 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) 288-3309.
Is this the official Lee 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.