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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Albany, Oregon, in Linn County, has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Albany comes from a judge of the Linn County Circuit Court, 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: Albany public records, Linn County warrants, Albany arrest records, Albany criminal records, Albany court records, Albany traffic tickets, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Albany
In Oregon an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Albany that means the Linn County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. A city with a municipal and justice court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 trial court administrator.
For Linn County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.oregon.gov/courts/linn/records/pages/default.aspx (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Court Records : Court Records : State of Oregon), phone 888-896-4988, 300 SW 4th Ave 1st floor Room 107 PO Box 1749 Albany, OR 97321, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Who Serves Warrants in Albany
The Linn County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Albany (filed by the FBI as Albany Police Department) serve warrants in and around Albany.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Linn County: the Linn County State Police (state police); the Linn County Liquor Commission (state agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Linn County is good anywhere in Oregon, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Linn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,496 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Albany arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Albany 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 Linn County Sheriff's Office, held about 170 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Albany on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Albany
The places to check for a warrant from Albany:
- The court file of the case, through the trial court administrator at 888-896-4988, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Oregon eCourt Case Information, the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Linn County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Albany
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Albany that means appearing before the Linn County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the trial court administrator.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Albany?
Not from the Linn County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information, 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 trial court administrator at 888-896-4988.
Who serves warrants in Albany?
The agency that reports for Albany inside the city and the Linn County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Oregon warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Albany held?
At the county jail, run by the Linn County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Albany 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 trial court administrator at 888-896-4988.
Is this the official Albany 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.