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.
Wanaque, New Jersey, in Passaic County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Wanaque comes from a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, 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: Wanaque public records, Passaic County warrants, Wanaque arrest records, Wanaque inmate search, Wanaque criminal records, Wanaque court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Wanaque
In New Jersey an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Wanaque that means the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk.
For Passaic County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at records.passaiccountynj.org/press/Clerk/ClerkHome.aspx?op=basic (page title: Public Records Electronic Search System (PRESS)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Who Serves Warrants in Wanaque
The Passaic County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wanaque (filed by the FBI as Wanaque Police Department) serve warrants in and around Wanaque.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Passaic County: William Paterson University (campus police); Prosecutor in Passaic County (other agency); the Passaic County State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Passaic County is whichever one finds the person; an New Jersey warrant is valid across New Jersey.
Together, the 17 agencies in Passaic County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,540 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Wanaque arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Wanaque 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Office, held about 560 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at pcsheriff.org/corrections/inmate_search/index.php, phone 973-881-4200. The Wanaque inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Wanaque on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Wanaque
Whether a warrant is out from Wanaque shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- New Jersey Courts Public Access, the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Prosecutor, phone 609-292-4791, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Passaic County Sheriff's Office at pcsheriff.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Passaic 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 Jersey State Police is not open to the public in New Jersey, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Wanaque
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Wanaque starts with the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Prosecutor's page SearchSystems verified is at njoag.gov, phone 609-292-4791.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Wanaque?
Not from the Passaic County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases, 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 Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Wanaque?
The agency that reports for Wanaque inside the city and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an New Jersey warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Wanaque held?
At the county jail, run by the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Wanaque 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 Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk.
Is this the official Wanaque website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.