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 26, 2026.
Ogdensburg, New York, in St. Lawrence County, has about 9,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Ogdensburg comes from a judge of the St. Lawrence 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Ogdensburg public records, St. Lawrence County warrants, Ogdensburg arrest records, Ogdensburg inmate search, Ogdensburg criminal records, Ogdensburg court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Ogdensburg
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Ogdensburg that means the St. Lawrence 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at stlawco.gov/Departments/CountyClerk/CourtRecords (page title: Court Records | St. Lawrence County), phone 315-379-2237, 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 Ogdensburg
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ogdensburg (filed by the FBI as Ogdensburg Police Department) serve warrants in and around Ogdensburg.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in St. Lawrence County: the Potsdam State University of New York Police and the Canton State University of New York Police (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Lawrence County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the eight agencies in St. Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,705 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Ogdensburg arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Ogdensburg 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 St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 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 stlawco.gov/Departments/Sheriff/CorrectionalDivision, phone (315) 379-2367. The Ogdensburg inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Ogdensburg on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Ogdensburg
Whether a warrant is out from Ogdensburg shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 315-379-2237, 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the St. Lawrence 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Ogdensburg
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Ogdensburg that means appearing before the St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at stlawco.gov/Departments/DistrictAttorney.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for St. Lawrence County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for St. Lawrence County and New York. These wanted and warrant pages from its St. Lawrence County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Warrants Alerts (Most Wanted) (stlawco.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Ogdensburg?
Not from the St. Lawrence 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 315-379-2237.
Who serves warrants in Ogdensburg?
The agency that reports for Ogdensburg inside the city and the St. Lawrence 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 Ogdensburg held?
At the county jail, run by the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Ogdensburg 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 315-379-2237.
Is this the official Ogdensburg 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.