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 October 2, 2026.
Auburn, New York, in Cayuga County, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Auburn comes from a judge of the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts, 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: Auburn public records, Cayuga County warrants, Auburn arrest records, Auburn inmate search, Auburn criminal records, Auburn court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Auburn
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Auburn that means the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts, which hear divorces and major civil cases in the Supreme Court, felonies in the County Court; the city, town and village courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/7jd/cayuga/Supreme-and-County/index.shtml (page title: Cayuga County Supreme & County Courts | NYCOURTS.GOV), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser. That page belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Who Serves Warrants in Auburn
The Cayuga County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Auburn (filed by the FBI as Auburn Police Department) serve warrants in and around Auburn.
The agency that serves a warrant from Cayuga County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the five agencies in Cayuga County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,017 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Auburn arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Auburn 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 Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, held about 140 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cayugacounty.gov/155/Sheriffs-Office---Old-URL-Do-Not-Delete, phone 315-253-1222. The Auburn inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Auburn on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Auburn
The places to check for a warrant from Auburn:
- ECourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The District Attorney, phone 315-253-1391, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
The one Cayuga County page SearchSystems verified, the prosecutor's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Auburn
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Auburn that means appearing before the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the County Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the city, town and village courts is handled by that court, not by the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cayugacounty.gov, phone 315-253-1391.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Auburn?
Not from the Cayuga County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), 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 Auburn?
The agency that reports for Auburn inside the city and the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an New York warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Auburn held?
At the county jail, run by the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Auburn 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 Auburn 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.