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 30, 2026.
Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, has about 72,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lafayette comes from a judge of the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts, 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: Lafayette public records, Tippecanoe County warrants, Lafayette arrest records, Lafayette inmate search, Lafayette criminal records, Lafayette court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lafayette
In Indiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lafayette that means the Tippecanoe Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. A city with a city and town court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at tippecanoe.in.gov/854/Tippecanoe-Court-Records (page title: Tippecanoe Court Records | Tippecanoe County, IN), phone 765-423-9326, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Lafayette
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lafayette (filed by the FBI as Lafayette Police Department) serve warrants in and around Lafayette.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tippecanoe County: Purdue University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Tippecanoe County is whichever one finds the person; an Indiana warrant is valid across Indiana.
Together, the three agencies in Tippecanoe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,127 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lafayette arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lafayette 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 Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, held about 550 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at tippecanoe.in.gov/466/Corrections, phone 765-423-9388. The Lafayette inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lafayette on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Lafayette
The places to check for a warrant from Lafayette:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 765-423-9326, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Mycase.IN.gov, the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 765-423-9305, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Tippecanoe County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Lafayette
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lafayette starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 765-423-9326: 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 Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at tcprosecutor.com, phone 765-423-9305.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lafayette?
Not from the Tippecanoe County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 765-423-9326.
Who serves warrants in Lafayette?
The agency that reports for Lafayette inside the city and the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Indiana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lafayette held?
At the county jail, run by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lafayette 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court at 765-423-9326.
Is this the official Lafayette 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.