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 September 26, 2026.
Cortland, Ohio, in Trumbull County, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cortland comes from a judge of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County 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: Cortland public records, Trumbull County warrants, Cortland arrest records, Cortland inmate search, Cortland criminal records, Cortland court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cortland
In Ohio an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cortland that means the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, which hears felonies, civil cases over $15,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters, each in its own division; the Municipal and County Courts 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 Clerk of Courts.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.trumbull.oh.us/CentralCourt/cd_recsearch.html (page title: Trumbull County Central District Court), phone 330-675-2280, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Ohio has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Cortland
The Trumbull County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cortland (filed by the FBI as Cortland Police Department) serve warrants in and around Cortland.
The Youngstown Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Trumbull County, so its arrests are not broken out for Trumbull County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Trumbull County is whichever one finds the person; an Ohio warrant is valid across Ohio.
Together, the 12 agencies in Trumbull County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,830 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cortland arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cortland 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 Trumbull County Sheriff's Office, held about 250 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at trumbullcountyauditors.org/trumbull-county-jail-inmate-search, phone (330) 675-2508. The Cortland inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cortland on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cortland
Whether a warrant is out from Cortland shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at 330-675-2280, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone (330) 675-2426, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office at trumbullcountyauditors.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Trumbull County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not open to the public in Ohio, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Cortland
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Cortland starts with the Clerk of Courts at 330-675-2280: 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 Municipal and County Courts is handled by that court, not by the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.trumbull.oh.us/prosecutor/pr_contact.html, phone (330) 675-2426.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cortland?
Not from the Trumbull County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of Courts at 330-675-2280.
Who serves warrants in Cortland?
The agency that reports for Cortland inside the city and the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Ohio warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cortland held?
At the county jail, run by the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cortland 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 Clerk of Courts at 330-675-2280.
Is this the official Cortland website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.