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 28, 2026.
Delaware County, Ohio, has about 238,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Delaware County comes from a judge of the Delaware 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: Delaware County public records, Delaware County arrest records, Delaware County inmate search, Delaware County criminal records, Delaware County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Delaware County
In Ohio an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Delaware County that means the Delaware 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at clerkofcourts.co.delaware.oh.us (page title: Clerk of Courts), phone (740) 833-2500, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 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 Delaware County
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Delaware, Powell, Sunbury, Ashley, Ostrander and Shawnee Hills serve warrants in Delaware County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Delaware County: Preservation Parks of Delaware County (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Westerville Police Department, the Dublin Police Department and the Columbus Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Delaware County, so their arrests are not broken out for Delaware County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Delaware County is whichever one finds the person; an Ohio warrant is valid across Ohio.
Together, the six agencies in Delaware County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,580 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Delaware County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Delaware 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 Delaware County Sheriff's Office, held about 130 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.co.delaware.oh.us/jtlist, phone (740) 203-1550. The Delaware County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Delaware 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 Delaware County
The places to check for a warrant from Delaware County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts at (740) 833-2500, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.co.delaware.oh.us/jtlist, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Delaware 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 Delaware County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Delaware County that means appearing before the Delaware 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 Delaware County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at prosecutor.co.delaware.oh.us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Delaware County?
Not from the Delaware 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) 833-2500.
Who serves warrants in Delaware County?
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Ohio warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Delaware County held?
At the county jail, run by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Delaware 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 Clerk of Courts at (740) 833-2500.
Is this the official Delaware 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.