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 on September 23, 2026.
Gladwin County, Michigan, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gladwin County comes from a judge of the Gladwin 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: Gladwin County public records, Gladwin County arrest records, Gladwin County inmate search, Gladwin County criminal records, Gladwin County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gladwin County
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gladwin County that means the Gladwin 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/county-clerk (page title: County Clerk | Gladwin County), phone 989.426.7351, 401 West Cedar Avenue Gladwin, MI 48624, Mon - Fri: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, 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 Gladwin County
The Gladwin County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Gladwin and Beaverton serve warrants in Gladwin County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Gladwin County: the Gladwin County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 596 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gladwin County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gladwin 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 Gladwin County Sheriff's Office, held about 63 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/sheriffs-office, phone 989.426.9284. The Gladwin County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County
The places to check for a warrant from Gladwin County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 989.426.7351, 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 989.426.8592, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Gladwin 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 Gladwin County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gladwin County that means appearing before the Gladwin 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 Gladwin County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at gladwincounty-mi.gov, phone 989.426.8592.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gladwin County?
Not from the Gladwin 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 989.426.7351.
Who serves warrants in Gladwin County?
The Gladwin 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 Gladwin County held?
At the county jail, run by the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gladwin 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 989.426.7351.
Is this the official Gladwin 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.