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 2, 2026.
Sullivan County, New York, has about 80,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sullivan County comes from a judge of the Sullivan 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: Sullivan County public records, Sullivan County arrest records, Sullivan County inmate search, Sullivan County criminal records, Sullivan County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sullivan County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sullivan County that means the Sullivan 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 iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/CaseSearch (page title: NYSCEF 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 Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Monticello, Liberty and Woodridge serve warrants in Sullivan County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sullivan County: the Sullivan County New York City Department of Environmental Police (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Sullivan County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the five agencies in Sullivan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,598 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sullivan County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 jail page SearchSystems verified at sullivanny.gov/Departments/Sheriff, phone 845-794-7102. The Sullivan County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
Whether a warrant is out from Sullivan 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 845-794-3344, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Sullivan County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Sullivan County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Sullivan 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 Sullivan County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sullivanny.gov/Departments/Districtattorney, phone 845-794-3344.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sullivan County?
Not from the Sullivan 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 Sullivan County?
The Sullivan 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 Sullivan County held?
At the county jail, run by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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.