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 on September 23, 2026.
Nantucket County, Massachusetts, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Nantucket County comes from a judge of the Nantucket 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: Nantucket County public records, Nantucket County arrest records, Nantucket County inmate search, Nantucket County criminal records, Nantucket County court records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Nantucket County
In Massachusetts an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Nantucket County that means the Nantucket 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mass.gov/locations/nantucket-district-court (page title: Nantucket District Court), phone (508) 228-0460, 16 Broad St., Nantucket, MA 02554, 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 Nantucket County
The Nantucket County Sheriff Department serves warrants in Nantucket County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Nantucket County: the Nantucket County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Nantucket 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.
Nantucket reported 225 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Nantucket County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Nantucket 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 Nantucket County Sheriff Department, held about 17 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at nantucketcountysheriffoffice.com. The Nantucket County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
Whether a warrant is out from Nantucket County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (508) 228-0460, 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 Nantucket County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) 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 Nantucket County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Nantucket County starts with the Clerk of Courts at (508) 228-0460: 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 Nantucket County Superior Court.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Nantucket County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Nantucket County and Massachusetts. These wanted and warrant pages from its Nantucket 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 Nantucket County?
Not from the Nantucket 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) 228-0460.
Who serves warrants in Nantucket County?
The Nantucket County Sheriff Department, 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 Nantucket County held?
At the county jail, run by the Nantucket County Sheriff Department, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Nantucket 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) 228-0460.
Is this the official Nantucket 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.