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 on September 23, 2026.
Cattaraugus County, New York, has about 75,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cattaraugus County 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: Cattaraugus County public records, Cattaraugus County arrest records, Cattaraugus County inmate search, Cattaraugus County criminal records, Cattaraugus County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cattaraugus County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cattaraugus County 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is 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 Cattaraugus County
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Olean, Salamanca, Gowanda, Franklinville, Allegany, Cattaraugus and two more cities serve warrants in Cattaraugus County.
A warrant issued in Cattaraugus 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 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 Cattaraugus County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cattaraugus County 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 Cattaraugus County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cattaraugus County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cattaraugus County
Whether a warrant is out from Cattaraugus County 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 Cattaraugus County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Cattaraugus County 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 Cattaraugus County?
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 Cattaraugus County?
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an New York warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cattaraugus County held?
At the county jail, run by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cattaraugus County 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 Cattaraugus County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.