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.
Monroe County, New York, has about 752,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Monroe County comes from a judge of the Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, Monroe County arrest records, Monroe County inmate search, Monroe County criminal records, Monroe County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Monroe County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Monroe County that means the Monroe 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 Monroe County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivilLocal/LCSearch?param=P (page title: Case Search | NY iApps | Unified Court System), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Who Serves Warrants in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Rochester, Brockport, East Rochester, Webster and Fairport serve warrants in Monroe County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Monroe County: the Brockport State University of New York Police (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Monroe 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 11 agencies in Monroe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,822 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Monroe County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Monroe 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office, held about 750 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 monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search. The Monroe County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Monroe 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 Monroe County
Whether a warrant is out from Monroe County shows in two places:
- 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 585 753-4500, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Monroe County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the prosecutor'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 Monroe County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Monroe County starts with the County Clerk: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the city, town and village courts is handled by that court, not by the Monroe County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at monroecounty.gov/da, phone 585 753-4500.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Monroe County?
Not from the Monroe 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Monroe County?
The Monroe 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 Monroe County held?
At the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Monroe 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.
Is this the official Monroe 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.