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.
Cheboygan County, Michigan, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cheboygan County comes from a judge of the Cheboygan 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: Cheboygan County public records, Cheboygan County arrest records, Cheboygan County inmate search, Cheboygan County criminal records, Cheboygan County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cheboygan County
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cheboygan County that means the Cheboygan 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 cheboygancounty.net/courts-law-enforcement/53rd-circuit-court/53rd-... (page title: 53rd Circuit Court Records Cheboygan County Michigan), phone (231) 627-8818, 870 S. Main Street Cheboygan, MI 49721, Monday-Friday 8:00am-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 Cheboygan County
The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cheboygan serve warrants in Cheboygan County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cheboygan County: the Cheboygan County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Mackinaw City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cheboygan County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cheboygan County here.
A warrant issued in Cheboygan 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 three agencies in Cheboygan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 367 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cheboygan County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cheboygan County 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 Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office, held about 75 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cheboygancounty.net/courts-law-enforcement/sheriffs-department, phone (231) 627-3155. The Cheboygan County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cheboygan County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cheboygan County
The places to check for a warrant from Cheboygan County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (231) 627-8818, 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 (231) 627-8450, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Cheboygan County starts with the County Clerk at (231) 627-8818: 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 Cheboygan County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cheboygancounty.net, phone (231) 627-8450.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cheboygan County?
Not from the Cheboygan 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 (231) 627-8818.
Who serves warrants in Cheboygan County?
The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Michigan warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cheboygan County held?
At the county jail, run by the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cheboygan County 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 (231) 627-8818.
Is this the official Cheboygan County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.