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.
Dukes County, Massachusetts, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dukes County comes from a judge of the Dukes 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: Dukes County public records, Dukes County arrest records, Dukes County inmate search, Dukes County criminal records, Dukes County court records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dukes County
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dukes County that means the Dukes 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/dukes-county-superior-court (page title: Dukes County Superior Court), phone (508) 627-4668, 81 Main St., P.O. Box 1267, Edgartown, MA 02539, Monday - Friday: 8:00 am-4:00 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 Dukes County
The Jail, Regional Lock-Up & House of Correction - DUKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE serves warrants in Dukes County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dukes County: the Dukes County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Dukes 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 five agencies in Dukes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 355 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dukes County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dukes County 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 Jail, Regional Lock-Up & House of Correction - DUKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, held about 15 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at dukescountysheriff.com/jail-house-of-corrections. The Dukes County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dukes County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Dukes County
The places to check for a warrant from Dukes County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (508) 627-4668, 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.
Not one of the Dukes County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Dukes County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Dukes County that means appearing before the Dukes 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 Dukes County Superior Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Dukes County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Dukes County and Massachusetts. These wanted and warrant pages from its Dukes County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- State Police's Most Wanted (mass.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dukes County?
Not from the Dukes 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) 627-4668.
Who serves warrants in Dukes County?
The Jail, Regional Lock-Up & House of Correction - DUKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Massachusetts warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Dukes County held?
At the county jail, run by the Jail, Regional Lock-Up & House of Correction - DUKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dukes County 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) 627-4668.
Is this the official Dukes County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.