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 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Coos County, New Hampshire, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Coos County comes from a judge of the Coos County Superior Court or the Circuit 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: Coos County public records, Coos County arrest records, Coos County inmate search, Coos County criminal records, Coos County court records, New Hampshire arrest records and New Hampshire inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Coos County
In New Hampshire an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Coos County that means the Coos County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases tried to a jury, and appeals; the Circuit Court 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 clerk of each court.
For Coos County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.nh.gov/your-visit/find-court/coos-superior-court (page title: Coos Superior Court | New Hampshire Judicial Branch), phone 855-212-1234, 55 School Street, Suite 301 Lancaster, NH 03584, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
New Hampshire has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Coos County
The Sheriff's Department - Coos county, NH and the agency that reports for Berlin serve warrants in Coos County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Coos County: the Coos County State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Coos County is whichever one finds the person; an New Hampshire warrant is valid across New Hampshire.
Together, the seven agencies in Coos County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 804 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Coos County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Coos 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 Sheriff's Department - Coos county, NH, held about 19 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cooscountynh.gov/government/departments/sheriffs_department.php, phone (603) 788-5598. The Coos County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Coos 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 Coos County
Whether a warrant is out from Coos County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of each court at 855-212-1234, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (603) 788-5559, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Coos 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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is not open to the public in New Hampshire, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Coos County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Coos County that means appearing before the Coos County Superior Court or the Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the clerk of each court.
A missed date in a case before the Circuit Court is handled by that court, not by the Coos County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cooscountynh.gov, phone (603) 788-5559.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Coos County?
Not from the Coos County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of each court at 855-212-1234.
Who serves warrants in Coos County?
The Sheriff's Department - Coos county, NH, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an New Hampshire warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Coos County held?
At the county jail, run by the Sheriff's Department - Coos county, NH, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Coos 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 clerk of each court at 855-212-1234.
Is this the official Coos 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.