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.
Olean, New York, in Cattaraugus County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Olean comes from a judge of the Cattaraugus 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: Olean public records, Cattaraugus County warrants, Olean arrest records, Olean inmate search, Olean criminal records, Olean court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Olean
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Olean that means the Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at cattco.gov/courts (page title: Cattaraugus County Court System | Cattaraugus County Website), phone 716-379-6614, 0449 Hon. Terrance M. Parker 303 Court Street - 2nd Floor, Little Valley, NY 14755, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Cattaraugus 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 Olean
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Olean (filed by the FBI as Olean Police Department) serve warrants in and around Olean.
The agency that serves a warrant from Cattaraugus County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the seven agencies in Cattaraugus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,748 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Olean arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Olean 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 Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, held about 110 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.cattco.gov/inmateSearch. The Olean inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Olean on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Olean
Whether a warrant is out from Olean shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 716-379-6614, 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 (716) 938-2220, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.cattco.gov/inmateSearch, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Cattaraugus 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 Olean
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Olean that means appearing before the Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cattco.gov/district-attorney, phone (716) 938-2220.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Olean?
Not from the Cattaraugus 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 716-379-6614.
Who serves warrants in Olean?
The agency that reports for Olean inside the city and the Cattaraugus 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 Olean held?
At the county jail, run by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Olean 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 716-379-6614.
Is this the official Olean 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.