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 9, 2026.
St. Johns, Michigan, in Clinton County, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Johns comes from a judge of the Clinton 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: St. Johns public records, Clinton County warrants, St. Johns arrest records, St. Johns inmate search, St. Johns criminal records, St. Johns court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Johns
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Johns that means the Clinton 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 Clinton County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at micourt.courts.michigan.gov/court-display/display/public/mVZlbvvvSE... (page title: Court Display Admin), 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 St. Johns
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Johns (filed by the FBI as St. Johns Police Department) serve warrants in and around St. Johns.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Clinton County: the Clinton County State Police (state police); the Capitol Region Airport Authority (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The East Lansing Police Department and the Lansing Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Clinton County, so their arrests are not broken out for Clinton County here.
A warrant issued in Clinton County is good anywhere in Michigan, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the five agencies in Clinton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 562 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Johns arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Johns 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 Clinton County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at clinton-county.org/m/directory/employee?eid=9, phone 989-224-5100. The St. Johns inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Johns on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in St. Johns
The places to check for a warrant from St. Johns:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk, 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 989-224-5100, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Clinton 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 St. Johns
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from St. Johns that means appearing before the Clinton 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 Clinton County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at clinton-county.org, phone 989-224-5100.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Johns?
Not from the Clinton 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.
Who serves warrants in St. Johns?
The agency that reports for St. Johns inside the city and the Clinton 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 St. Johns held?
At the county jail, run by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Johns 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.
Is this the official St. Johns 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.