Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 October 11, 2026.
Bergen County, New Jersey, has about 979,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bergen County comes from a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen 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: Bergen County public records, Bergen County arrest records, Bergen County inmate search, Bergen County criminal records, Bergen County court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Bergen County
In New Jersey an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bergen County that means the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen 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.
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 Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk keep that file.
For Bergen County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at surrogate.bergencountynj.gov/aboutus.html (page title: About the Office & Directions | Bergen County Surrogate's Court), phone (201) 336-6700, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Who Serves Warrants in Bergen County
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hackensack, Fort Lee, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Englewood, Bergenfield and 55 more cities serve warrants in Bergen County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bergen County: Palisades Interstate Parkway (state agency); Prosecutor in Bergen County (other agency); the Bergen County State Police (state police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Bergen County is whichever one finds the person; an New Jersey warrant is valid across New Jersey.
Together, the 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,999 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bergen County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bergen 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 Bergen County Sheriff's Office, held about 400 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at bergencountynj.gov/employment/juvenile-detention-officer-county-of-.... The Bergen County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Bergen 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 Bergen County
The places to check for a warrant from Bergen County:
- The court file of the case, through the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk at (201) 336-6700, 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 201-336-6000, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Bergen County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Bergen County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Bergen County starts with the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk at (201) 336-6700: 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 bergencountynj.gov/prosecutor, phone 201-336-6000.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bergen County?
Not from the Bergen 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 at (201) 336-6700.
Who serves warrants in Bergen County?
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an New Jersey warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bergen County held?
At the county jail, run by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bergen 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 Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk at (201) 336-6700.
Is this the official Bergen 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.