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.
Rochester Hills, Michigan, in Oakland County, has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Rochester Hills 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: Rochester Hills public records, Oakland County warrants, Rochester Hills arrest records, Rochester Hills inmate search, Rochester Hills criminal records, Rochester Hills court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Rochester Hills
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Rochester Hills 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.
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 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 Rochester Hills
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Rochester Hills (filed by the FBI as Rochester Hills Police Department) serve warrants in and around Rochester Hills.
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 Rochester Hills arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Rochester Hills on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Rochester Hills
Whether a warrant is out from Rochester Hills shows in three places:
- 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 Rochester Hills
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Rochester Hills that means appearing before the Oakland County Circuit Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the County Clerk.
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 Rochester Hills?
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 Rochester Hills?
The agency that reports for Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills held?
At the county jail, run by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills 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.