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.
St. Lawrence County, New York, has about 106,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Lawrence County comes from a judge of the St. Lawrence 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: St. Lawrence County public records, St. Lawrence County arrest records, St. Lawrence County inmate search, St. Lawrence County criminal records, St. Lawrence County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Lawrence County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Lawrence County that means the St. Lawrence 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 stlawco.gov/Departments/CountyClerk/CourtRecords (page title: Court Records | St. Lawrence County), phone 315-379-2237, 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 St. Lawrence County
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Massena, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Canton, Gouverneur and Norwood serve warrants in St. Lawrence County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in St. Lawrence County: the Potsdam State University of New York Police and the Canton State University of New York Police (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in St. Lawrence 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 eight agencies in St. Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,705 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Lawrence County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 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 stlawco.gov/Departments/Sheriff/CorrectionalDivision, phone (315) 379-2367. The St. Lawrence County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County
The places to check for a warrant from St. Lawrence County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 315-379-2237, 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.
Not one of the St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from St. Lawrence County starts with the County Clerk at 315-379-2237: 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 St. Lawrence County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at stlawco.gov/Departments/DistrictAttorney.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for St. Lawrence County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for St. Lawrence County and New York. These wanted and warrant pages from its St. Lawrence County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Warrants Alerts (Most Wanted) (stlawco.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Lawrence County?
Not from the St. Lawrence 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 315-379-2237.
Who serves warrants in St. Lawrence County?
The St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County held?
At the county jail, run by the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from St. Lawrence 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 315-379-2237.
Is this the official St. Lawrence 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.