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 October 4, 2026.
New Albany, Indiana, in Floyd County, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for New Albany comes from a judge of the Floyd 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: New Albany public records, Floyd County warrants, New Albany arrest records, New Albany inmate search, New Albany criminal records, New Albany court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in New Albany
In Indiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For New Albany that means the Floyd 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 in.gov/courts/local/floyd-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Floyd 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 New Albany
The Floyd County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Albany (filed by the FBI as New Albany Police Department) serve warrants in and around New Albany.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Floyd County: Indiana University at Southeast (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Floyd 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 three agencies in Floyd County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,092 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in New Albany arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from New Albany 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 Floyd County Sheriff's Office, held about 310 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at in.gov/counties/floyd/department/sheriffs-department. The New Albany inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in New Albany on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in New Albany
Whether a warrant is out from New Albany shows in two places:
- 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.
Not one of the Floyd County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 New Albany
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from New Albany that means appearing before the Floyd Circuit and Superior Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in New Albany?
Not from the Floyd 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 New Albany?
The agency that reports for New Albany inside the city and the Floyd 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 New Albany held?
At the county jail, run by the Floyd County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from New Albany 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 New Albany 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.