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.
Warren, Michigan, in Macomb County, has about 138,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Warren comes from a judge of the Macomb 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: Warren public records, Macomb County warrants, Warren arrest records, Warren inmate search, Warren criminal records, Warren court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Warren
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Warren that means the Macomb 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at macombgov.org/departments/clerk-register-deeds/court-records (page title: Court records), phone 586-469-5353, 40 North Main (1st Floor), Mount Clemens, MI 48043, 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 Warren
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Warren (filed by the FBI as Warren Police Department) serve warrants in and around Warren.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Macomb County: the Macomb County State Police (state police); Macomb Community College (campus police); the Stony Creek Metropark Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Grosse Pointe Shores Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Macomb County, so its arrests are not broken out for Macomb County here.
A warrant issued in Macomb 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 16 agencies in Macomb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,850 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Warren arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Warren 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 Macomb County Sheriff's Office, held about 910 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at macombgov.org/departments/sheriffs-office/locate-inmate, phone 586-469-5151. The Warren inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Warren on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Warren
Whether a warrant is out from Warren shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 586-469-5353, 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 586-469-5350, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office at macombgov.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Macomb 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 Warren
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Warren starts with the County Clerk at 586-469-5353: 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 Macomb County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at macombgov.org/departments/prosecutors-office, phone 586-469-5350.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Warren?
Not from the Macomb 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 586-469-5353.
Who serves warrants in Warren?
The agency that reports for Warren inside the city and the Macomb 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 Warren held?
At the county jail, run by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Warren 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 586-469-5353.
Is this the official Warren 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.