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.
White Plains, New York, in Westchester County, has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for White Plains comes from a judge of the Westchester 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: White Plains public records, Westchester County warrants, White Plains arrest records, White Plains inmate search, White Plains criminal records, White Plains court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in White Plains
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For White Plains that means the Westchester 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 westchesterclerkny.gov/legal-division/search-court-records (page title: Search Court Records), phone (914)995-3075, Friday, excluding legal holidays, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., 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 White Plains
The agency that reports for White Plains (filed by the FBI as White Plains Police Department) serves warrants in and around White Plains.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Westchester County: the Westchester County, Hillview New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police and the Westchester County, Croton-Kensico New York City Department of Environmental Police (other agency); the Purchase State University of New York Police (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Westchester County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the 31 agencies in Westchester County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,190 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in White Plains arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from White Plains Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail held about 550 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 correction.westchestercountyny.gov/westchester-inmate-search. The White Plains inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in White Plains on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in White Plains
Whether a warrant is out from White Plains shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (914)995-3075, 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.
- The custody page of the sheriff's office at correction.westchestercountyny.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Westchester 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 White Plains
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from White Plains that means appearing before the Westchester 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 Westchester County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at newrochelleny.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in White Plains?
Not from the Westchester 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 (914)995-3075.
Who serves warrants in White Plains?
The police agency that finds the person; an New York warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in White Plains held?
At the county jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from White Plains 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 (914)995-3075.
Is this the official White Plains 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.