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.
Springfield, Massachusetts, in Hampden County, has about 155,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Springfield 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: Springfield public records, Hampden County warrants, Springfield arrest records, Springfield inmate search, Springfield criminal records, Springfield court records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Springfield
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Springfield 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.
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.
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 Springfield
The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission and the agency that reports for Springfield (filed by the FBI as Springfield Police Department) serve warrants in and around Springfield.
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.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hampden County is whichever one finds the person; an Massachusetts warrant is valid across Massachusetts.
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 Springfield arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Springfield 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 Springfield inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Springfield on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Springfield
Whether a warrant is out from Springfield 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 Springfield
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Springfield 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 Springfield?
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 Springfield?
The agency that reports for Springfield 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 Springfield 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 Springfield 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 Springfield 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.