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 September 30, 2026.
Berkley, Michigan, in Oakland County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Berkley comes from a judge of the Oakland County Circuit 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: Berkley public records, Oakland County warrants, Berkley arrest records, Berkley inmate search, Berkley criminal records, Berkley court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Berkley
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Berkley that means the Oakland County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $25,000, divorces and family matters; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000, 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 County Clerk keeps that file.
For Oakland County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at oaklandcountymi.gov/government/clerk-register-of-deeds/court-record... (page title: Court Explorer | Oakland County, MI), phone 248-858-0582, 1200 North Telegraph Road Dept 413 Pontiac, MI 48341, Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Who Serves Warrants in Berkley
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Berkley (filed by the FBI as Berkley Police Department) serve warrants in and around Berkley.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, one state police unit and one other agency in Oakland County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Fenton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Oakland County, so its arrests are not broken out for Oakland County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Oakland County is whichever one finds the person; an Michigan warrant is valid across Michigan.
Together, the 51 agencies in Oakland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,547 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Berkley arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Berkley 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 Oakland County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,050 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at oaklandcountymi.gov/government/sheriff, phone 248-647-1141. The Berkley inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Berkley on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Berkley
The places to check for a warrant from Berkley:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 248-858-0582, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- MiCOURT Case Search, the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 248-858-0656, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Oakland County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor'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 Berkley
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Berkley starts with the County Clerk at 248-858-0582: 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 Oakland County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at oaklandcountymi.gov, phone 248-858-0656.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Berkley?
Not from the Oakland County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined, 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 County Clerk at 248-858-0582.
Who serves warrants in Berkley?
The agency that reports for Berkley inside the city and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Michigan warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Berkley held?
At the county jail, run by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Berkley 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 County Clerk at 248-858-0582.
Is this the official Berkley website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.