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.
Somerset County, Maryland, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Somerset County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court for Somerset County or the District Court of Maryland, 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: Somerset County public records, Somerset County arrest records, Somerset County inmate search, Somerset County criminal records, Somerset County court records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Somerset County
In Maryland an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Somerset County that means the Circuit Court for Somerset County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $30,000, divorces, juvenile matters and appeals from the District Court; the District Court of Maryland, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 the Circuit Court keeps that file.
For Somerset County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mdcourts.gov/clerks/somerset/records (page title: Records | Maryland Courts), phone 410-845-4840, 30512, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
Who Serves Warrants in Somerset County
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Princess Anne and Crisfield serve warrants in Somerset County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Somerset County: the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (campus police); the Somerset County State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Somerset County is whichever one finds the person; an Maryland warrant is valid across Maryland.
Together, the two agencies in Somerset County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 926 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Somerset County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Somerset 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 Somerset County Sheriff's Office, held about 61 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at somersetcountysheriff.com. The Somerset County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Somerset 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 Somerset County
The places to check for a warrant from Somerset County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 410-845-4840, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Maryland Judiciary Case Search, the free statewide case search of every Maryland court, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The State's Attorney, phone 410.651.3333, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office at somersetcountysheriff.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Somerset County pages SearchSystems verified (the court's and the prosecutor's) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not open to the public in Maryland, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Somerset County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Somerset County that means appearing before the Circuit Court for Somerset County or the District Court of Maryland, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
A missed date in a case before the District Court of Maryland is handled by that court, not by the Circuit Court for Somerset County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at somersetmd.us, phone 410.651.3333.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Somerset County?
Not from the Somerset County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court, 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 the Circuit Court at 410-845-4840.
Who serves warrants in Somerset County?
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Maryland warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Somerset County held?
At the county jail, run by the Somerset County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Somerset 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 the Circuit Court at 410-845-4840.
Is this the official Somerset 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.