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 28, 2026.
Fenton, Michigan, in Genesee County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fenton comes from a judge of the Genesee 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: Fenton public records, Genesee County warrants, Fenton arrest records, Fenton inmate search, Fenton criminal records, Fenton court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fenton
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fenton that means the Genesee 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.
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 County Clerk.
For Genesee County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at geneseecountymi.gov/circuit_court_records (page title: Genesee County, MI), phone (810) 257-3220, 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 Fenton
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fenton (filed by the FBI as Fenton Police Department) serve warrants in and around Fenton.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, one state police unit and two other agencies in Genesee County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Lennon Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Genesee County, so its arrests are not broken out for Genesee County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Genesee County is whichever one finds the person; an Michigan warrant is valid across Michigan.
Together, the 21 agencies in Genesee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,452 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fenton arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fenton 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 Genesee County Sheriff's Office, held about 550 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at gcsomichigan.com/corrections-division, phone 810-257-3426. The Fenton inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Fenton on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Fenton
The places to check for a warrant from Fenton:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (810) 257-3220, 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Genesee 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 Fenton
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Fenton starts with the County Clerk at (810) 257-3220: 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 Genesee County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fenton?
Not from the Genesee 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 (810) 257-3220.
Who serves warrants in Fenton?
The agency that reports for Fenton inside the city and the Genesee 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 Fenton held?
At the county jail, run by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fenton 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 (810) 257-3220.
Is this the official Fenton 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.