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 2, 2026.
Chicopee, Massachusetts, in Hampden County, has about 55,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Chicopee comes from a judge of the Hampden 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Chicopee public records, Hampden County warrants, Chicopee arrest records, Chicopee inmate search, Chicopee criminal records, Chicopee court records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Chicopee
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Chicopee that means the Hampden 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Clerk of Courts keeps that file.
For Hampden County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mass.gov/search-court-dockets-calendars-and-case-information (page title: Search Court Dockets, Calendars and Case Information), 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 Chicopee
The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission and the agency that reports for Chicopee (filed by the FBI as Chicopee Police Department) serve warrants in and around Chicopee.
The FBI's agency list also places five campus police departments and one state police unit in Hampden County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Hampden 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 22 agencies in Hampden County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,963 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Chicopee arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Chicopee 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 Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission, held about 1,100 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/hampden-county-sheriffs-department. The Chicopee inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Chicopee on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Chicopee
Whether a warrant is out from Chicopee shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts, 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 413-594-7657, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hampden 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 Chicopee
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Chicopee that means appearing before the Hampden County Superior Court or the District Court and Boston Municipal Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Courts.
A missed date in a case before the District Court and Boston Municipal Court is handled by that court, not by the Hampden County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at hampdenda.com, phone 413-594-7657.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Hampden County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Hampden County and Massachusetts. These wanted and warrant pages from its Hampden County listing were opened again on October 1, 2026 and each one still answers:
- State Police's Most Wanted (mass.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Chicopee?
Not from the Hampden 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.
Who serves warrants in Chicopee?
The agency that reports for Chicopee inside the city and the Hampden 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 Chicopee held?
At the county jail, run by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Chicopee 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.
Is this the official Chicopee 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.