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.
Monroe County, Michigan, has about 156,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Monroe County comes from a judge of the Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, Monroe County arrest records, Monroe County inmate search, Monroe County police reports, Monroe County property records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Monroe County
In Michigan an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Monroe County that means the Monroe 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.
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Who Serves Warrants in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Monroe, Dundee, Carleton, South Rockwood and Luna Pier serve warrants in Monroe County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Monroe County: the Monroe County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Milan Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Monroe County, so its arrests are not broken out for Monroe County here.
A warrant issued in Monroe 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 Monroe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,165 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Monroe County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Monroe 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office, held about 250 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at co.monroe.mi.us/891/Inmate-Lookup, phone 800-770-7657. The Monroe County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Monroe 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 Monroe County
The places to check for a warrant from Monroe County:
- 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 734-240-7600, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at co.monroe.mi.us/891/Inmate-Lookup, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Monroe County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Monroe County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Monroe County starts with the County Clerk: 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 Monroe County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.monroe.mi.us/521/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 734-240-7600.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Monroe County?
Not from the Monroe 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Monroe County?
The Monroe 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 Monroe County held?
At the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Monroe 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.
Is this the official Monroe 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.