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.
Hempstead, New York, in Nassau County, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hempstead comes from a judge of the Nassau 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: Hempstead public records, Nassau County warrants, Hempstead arrest records, Hempstead criminal records, Hempstead court records, Hempstead police reports, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hempstead
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hempstead that means the Nassau 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 iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/CaseSearch (page title: NYSCEF Case Search | NY iApps | Unified Court System), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Who Serves Warrants in Hempstead
The Nassau County Police Department and the agency that reports for Hempstead (filed by the FBI as Hempstead Village Police Department) serve warrants in and around Hempstead.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Nassau County: United States Merchant Marine Academy and the Old Westbury State University of New York Police (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Nassau County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the 19 agencies in Nassau County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,730 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hempstead arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hempstead 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 Nassau County Police Department, held about 690 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Hempstead on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Hempstead
Whether a warrant is out from Hempstead shows in two places:
- 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Nassau County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Hempstead
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hempstead that means appearing before the Nassau 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 Nassau County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at nassaucountyny.gov/3427/Prosecution.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hempstead?
Not from the Nassau 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 Hempstead?
The agency that reports for Hempstead inside the city and the Nassau County Police Department 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 Hempstead held?
At the county jail, run by the Nassau County Police Department, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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.