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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Penobscot County, Maine, has about 157,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Penobscot County comes from a judge of the Penobscot County Superior Court or the District 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: Penobscot County public records, Penobscot County arrest records, Penobscot County inmate search, Penobscot County criminal records, Penobscot County court records, Maine arrest records and Maine inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Penobscot County
In Maine an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Penobscot County that means the Penobscot County Superior Court, which hears felonies with jury trials and civil cases; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic violations, small claims, divorces and family matters, 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 each court keeps that file.
For Penobscot County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.maine.gov/courts/superior/penobscot-sc.html (page title: Penobscot County Superior Court: State of Maine Judicial Branch), phone (207) 561-2300, 78 Exchange Street, Bangor, ME 04401, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Maine has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Penobscot County
The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bangor, Brewer and Old Town serve warrants in Penobscot County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Penobscot County: the University of Maine at Orono (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Penobscot County is good anywhere in Maine, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the 12 agencies in Penobscot County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,398 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Penobscot County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Penobscot 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 Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, held about 140 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at penobscot-sheriff.net/inmates. The Penobscot County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County
Whether a warrant is out from Penobscot County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of each court at (207) 561-2300, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone (207) 942-8535, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office at penobscot-sheriff.net/inmates, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Penobscot County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Penobscot County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Penobscot County starts with the clerk of each court at (207) 561-2300: 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 is handled by that court, not by the Penobscot County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at penobscot-county.net, phone (207) 942-8535.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Penobscot County?
Not from the Penobscot County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of each court at (207) 561-2300.
Who serves warrants in Penobscot County?
The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Maine warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Penobscot County held?
At the county jail, run by the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Penobscot 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 each court at (207) 561-2300.
Is this the official Penobscot 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.