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 9, 2026.
Bridgewater Town, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bridgewater Town comes from a judge of the Plymouth County Superior Court or the District Court and Boston Municipal Court, 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Bridgewater Town
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bridgewater Town that means the Plymouth County Superior Court, which hears felonies and civil cases over $50,000; the District Court and Boston Municipal Court, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
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 Courts.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mass.gov/locations/plymouth-district-court (page title: Plymouth District Court), phone (508) 747-8400, 52 Obery St., Plymouth, MA 02360, Monday - Friday: 8:30 am-4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, masscourts.org is the Massachusetts Trial Court's free online case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Bridgewater Town
The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission and the agency that reports for Bridgewater Town (filed by the FBI as Bridgewater Police Department) serve warrants in and around Bridgewater Town.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, one state agency and one state police unit in Plymouth County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Plymouth County is good anywhere in Massachusetts, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the 27 agencies in Plymouth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,201 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bridgewater Town arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bridgewater Town 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 Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission, held about 1,040 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at mapostcommission.gov/current-agency/plymouth-county-sheriffs-depart.... The Bridgewater Town inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Bridgewater Town on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Bridgewater Town
The places to check for a warrant from Bridgewater Town:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (508) 747-8400, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Masscourts.org, the Massachusetts Trial Court's free online case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The District Attorney, phone 508-584-8120, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Plymouth 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 Bridgewater Town
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Bridgewater Town starts with the Clerk of Courts at (508) 747-8400: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the District Court and Boston Municipal Court is handled by that court, not by the Plymouth County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at plymouthda.com/contact, phone 508-584-8120.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bridgewater Town?
Not from the Plymouth County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. masscourts.org is the Massachusetts Trial Court's free online 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 Courts at (508) 747-8400.
Who serves warrants in Bridgewater Town?
The agency that reports for Bridgewater Town inside the city and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Massachusetts warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bridgewater Town held?
At the county jail, run by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bridgewater Town 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 Courts at (508) 747-8400.
Is this the official Bridgewater Town 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.