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.
Yates County, New York, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Yates County comes from a judge of the Yates 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: Yates County public records, Yates County arrest records, Yates County inmate search, Yates County criminal records, Yates County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Yates County
In New York an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Yates County that means the Yates 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.
For Yates County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at yatescountyny.gov/160/County-Clerk (page title: County Clerk | Yates County, NY), phone (315) 536-5120, 417 Liberty Street Suite 1107 Penn Yan, NY 14527, 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 Yates County
The Yates County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Penn Yan serve warrants in Yates County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Yates County is whichever one finds the person; an New York warrant is valid across New York.
Together, the two agencies in Yates County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 309 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Yates County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Yates 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 Yates County Sheriff's Office, held about 35 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 yatescountyny.gov/quicklinks.aspx?CID=32, phone 315-536-5100. The Yates County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Yates 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 Yates County
The places to check for a warrant from Yates County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (315) 536-5120, 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 315-536-5550, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Yates 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 Yates County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Yates County that means appearing before the Yates 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 Yates County Supreme and County Courts.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at yatescountyny.gov/183/District-Attorney, phone 315-536-5550.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Yates County?
Not from the Yates 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) 536-5120.
Who serves warrants in Yates County?
The Yates 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 Yates County held?
At the county jail, run by the Yates County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Yates 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) 536-5120.
Is this the official Yates 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.