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.
Franklin County, Massachusetts, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Franklin County comes from a judge of the Franklin 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.
Related guides: Franklin County public records, Franklin County arrest records, Franklin County inmate search, Franklin County criminal records, Franklin County court records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Franklin County
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Franklin County that means the Franklin 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 Franklin County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mass.gov/locations/franklin-county-superior-court (page title: Franklin County Superior Court), phone (413) 775-7400, 43 Hope St., Greenfield, MA 01301, 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 Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission and the agency that reports for Greenfield serve warrants in Franklin County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Franklin County: Greenfield Community College (campus police); the Franklin County State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Franklin 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 18 agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,296 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Franklin County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Franklin 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 Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission, held about 190 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/franklin-county-sheriffs-office. The Franklin County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Franklin 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 Franklin County
Whether a warrant is out from Franklin County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (413) 775-7400, 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Franklin County starts with the Clerk of Courts at (413) 775-7400: 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 Franklin County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Franklin County?
Not from the Franklin 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 (413) 775-7400.
Who serves warrants in Franklin County?
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission, 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 Franklin County held?
At the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Franklin 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 (413) 775-7400.
Is this the official Franklin 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.