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 9, 2026.
Madison County, New York, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Madison County comes from a judge of the Madison 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: Madison County public records, Madison County arrest records, Madison County inmate search, Madison County criminal records, Madison County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Madison County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Madison County that means the Madison 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 madisoncounty.ny.gov/174/County-Clerk (page title: County Clerk | Madison County, NY), phone 315-366-2261, 2260 County Clerk Physical Address 138 N Court Street Building 4 Wampsville, NY 13163, Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 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 Madison County
The Madison County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Oneida, Chittenango, Canastota, Hamilton and Cazenovia serve warrants in Madison County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Madison County: the Morrisville State University of New York Police (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Madison County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the six agencies in Madison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 959 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Madison County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Madison 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 Madison County Sheriff's Office, held about 59 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 madisoncounty.ny.gov/3010/Sheriff, phone 315-366-2482. The Madison County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Madison 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 Madison County
The places to check for a warrant from Madison County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 315-366-2261, 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.
Not one of the Madison County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Madison County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Madison County that means appearing before the Madison 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 Madison County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Madison County?
Not from the Madison 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 315-366-2261.
Who serves warrants in Madison County?
The Madison 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 Madison County held?
At the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Madison 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 315-366-2261.
Is this the official Madison 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.