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 4, 2026.
Marietta, Ohio, in Washington County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Marietta comes from a judge of the Washington 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, directory links and common questions.
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Who Issues Warrants in Marietta
In Ohio an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Marietta that means the Washington 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.
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 Clerk of Courts keeps that file.
For Washington County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at washingtongov.org/250/Clerk-of-Courts (page title: Clerk of Courts | Washington County, OH), phone (740) 373-6623, 205 Putnam Street Marietta, OH 45750, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 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 Marietta
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Marietta (filed by the FBI as Marietta Police Department) serve warrants in and around Marietta.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Washington County: Marietta College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Washington County is whichever one finds the person; an Ohio warrant is valid across Ohio.
Together, the four agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 669 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Marietta arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Marietta 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office, held about 94 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at washingtoncountysheriff.org/corrections, phone 866-345-1884. The Marietta inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Marietta on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Marietta
The place to check for a warrant from Marietta is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (740) 373-6623, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Washington County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Marietta
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Marietta that means appearing before the Washington County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Courts.
A missed date in a case before the Municipal and County Courts is handled by that court, not by the Washington County Court of Common Pleas.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Washington County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Washington County and Ohio. These wanted and warrant pages from its Washington County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Marietta Municipal Court (mariettacourt.com)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Marietta?
Not from the Washington 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 (740) 373-6623.
Who serves warrants in Marietta?
The agency that reports for Marietta inside the city and the Washington 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 Marietta held?
At the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Marietta 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 (740) 373-6623.
Is this the official Marietta 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.