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.
Michigan City, Indiana, in LaPorte County, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Michigan City comes from a judge of the LaPorte 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: Michigan City public records, LaPorte County warrants, Michigan City arrest records, Michigan City inmate search, Michigan City criminal records, Michigan City court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Michigan City
In Indiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Michigan City that means the LaPorte 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.
For LaPorte County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/laporte-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: LaPorte County), 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 Michigan City
The La Porte County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Michigan City (filed by the FBI as Michigan City Police Department) serve warrants in and around Michigan City.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in LaPorte County: the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (state agency); La Porte Metro Operations Drug Task Force (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in LaPorte County is good anywhere in Indiana, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the four agencies in LaPorte County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,077 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Michigan City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Michigan City 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 La Porte County Sheriff's Office, held about 350 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at laportecountysheriff.com/inmate-information, phone 219.362.6548. The Michigan City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Michigan City on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Michigan City
The places to check for a warrant from Michigan City:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 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 219-326-6808, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the La Porte County Sheriff's Office at laportecountysheriff.com/inmate-information, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the LaPorte 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 Michigan City
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Michigan City that means appearing before the LaPorte Circuit and Superior Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at laporteco.in.gov, phone 219-326-6808.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Michigan City?
Not from the LaPorte 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.
Who serves warrants in Michigan City?
The agency that reports for Michigan City inside the city and the La Porte 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 Michigan City held?
At the county jail, run by the La Porte County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Michigan City 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.
Is this the official Michigan City 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.