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.
Livingston County, Michigan, has about 197,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Livingston County comes from a judge of the Livingston 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: Livingston County public records, Livingston County arrest records, Livingston County inmate search, Livingston County criminal records, Livingston County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Livingston County
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Livingston County that means the Livingston 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 Livingston County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at milivcounty.gov/courts (page title: Courts | Livingston County, MI), phone (517) 546-8079, 204 S Highlander Way Howell, MI 48843, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 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 Livingston County
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Howell, Brighton, Fowlerville and Pinckney serve warrants in Livingston County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Livingston County: the Livingston County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Livingston County is whichever one finds the person; an Michigan warrant is valid across Michigan.
Together, the eight agencies in Livingston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 906 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Livingston County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Livingston 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 Livingston County Sheriff's Office, held about 240 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at milivcounty.gov/jail, phone (517) 546-2445. The Livingston County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Livingston 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 Livingston County
Whether a warrant is out from Livingston County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (517) 546-8079, 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 (517) 546-1850, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Livingston 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 Livingston County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Livingston County that means appearing before the Livingston 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 Livingston County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at milivcounty.gov/prosecutor, phone (517) 546-1850.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Livingston County?
Not from the Livingston 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 (517) 546-8079.
Who serves warrants in Livingston County?
The Livingston 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 Livingston County held?
At the county jail, run by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Livingston 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 (517) 546-8079.
Is this the official Livingston 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.