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 September 30, 2026.
Multnomah County, Oregon, has about 796,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Multnomah County comes from a judge of the Multnomah 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: Multnomah County public records, Multnomah County arrest records, Multnomah County inmate search, Multnomah County criminal records, Multnomah County court records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Multnomah County
In Oregon an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Multnomah County that means the Multnomah 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.
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 trial court administrator keeps that file.
For Multnomah County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.oregon.gov/courts/multnomah/records/pages/default.aspx (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Court Records | Home : Court Records : State of Oregon), phone 971-274-0570, 1200 SW 1st Ave Room 3315 Portland, OR 97204, Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 10:30am, 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 Multnomah County
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Portland and Gresham serve warrants in Multnomah County.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, two other agencies, one state agency and one campus police department in Multnomah County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Lake Oswego Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Multnomah County, so its arrests are not broken out for Multnomah County here.
A warrant issued in Multnomah 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 Multnomah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,407 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Multnomah County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Multnomah 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 Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, held about 930 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at mcso.us. The Multnomah County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Multnomah 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 Multnomah County
Whether a warrant is out from Multnomah County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the trial court administrator at 971-274-0570, 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 District Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Multnomah 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Multnomah County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Multnomah County that means appearing before the Multnomah County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the trial court administrator.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at multco.us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Multnomah County?
Not from the Multnomah 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 971-274-0570.
Who serves warrants in Multnomah County?
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Oregon warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Multnomah County held?
At the county jail, run by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Multnomah 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 trial court administrator at 971-274-0570.
Is this the official Multnomah 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.