SearchSystems Editorial

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 25, 2026.

About this guide

Binghamton, New York, in Broome County, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Binghamton comes from a judge of the Broome 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: Binghamton public records, Broome County warrants, Binghamton arrest records, Binghamton inmate search, Binghamton criminal records, Binghamton court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.

Who Issues Warrants in Binghamton

In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Binghamton that means the Broome 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.

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 County Clerk keeps that file.

For Broome County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at broomecountyny.gov/clerk (page title: County Clerk | Broome County), phone (607) 778-2255, 60 Hawley Street / Binghamton, NY 13901, Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.

Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).

Who Serves Warrants in Binghamton

The Broome County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Binghamton (filed by the FBI as Binghamton Police Department) serve warrants in and around Binghamton.

The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Broome County: the Binghamton State University of New York Police (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.

A warrant issued in Broome County is good anywhere in New York, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.

Together, the six agencies in Broome County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,909 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.

Each agency and what it reported is in Binghamton arrest records.

Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Binghamton 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 Broome County Sheriff's Office, held about 460 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 broomecountyny.gov/sheriff/corrections, phone (866) 230-7761. The Binghamton inmate search guide covers the jail in full.

A person arrested in Binghamton on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.

How to Check for a Warrant in Binghamton

The places to check for a warrant from Binghamton:

  • The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (607) 778-2255, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
  • 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 (607) 778-2425, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.

Not one of the Broome 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.

Clearing a Warrant from Binghamton

Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Binghamton that means appearing before the Broome 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 Broome County Supreme and County Courts.

A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at broomecountyny.gov/da, phone (607) 778-2425.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I check for a warrant online in Binghamton?

Not from the Broome 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 file is the record of a warrant: ask the County Clerk at (607) 778-2255.

Who serves warrants in Binghamton?

The agency that reports for Binghamton inside the city and the Broome 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 Binghamton held?

At the county jail, run by the Broome County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.

How is a warrant from Binghamton 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 at (607) 778-2255.

Is this the official Binghamton 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.