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 1, 2026.
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Franklin Park comes from a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Franklin Park
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Franklin Park that means the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, estates and juvenile matters; the Magisterial District 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 Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at alleghenycounty.us/Government/Court-Related/Public-Defender/Find-Yo... (page title: Find Your Case | Allegheny County, PA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Serves Warrants in Franklin Park
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, the Allegheny County Police Department and the agency that reports for Franklin Park (filed by the FBI as Franklin Park Police Department) serve warrants in and around Franklin Park.
The FBI's agency list also places eight other agencies, ten campus police departments, three state agencies and one state police unit in Allegheny County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Northern Regional Police Department, the McDonald Borough Police Department and the Trafford Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Allegheny County, so their arrests are not broken out for Allegheny County here.
A warrant issued in Allegheny County is good anywhere in Pennsylvania, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the 76 agencies in Allegheny County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,019 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Franklin Park arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Franklin Park 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 Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,800 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at sheriffalleghenycounty.com, phone 412-350-4714. The Franklin Park inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Franklin Park on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Franklin Park
Whether a warrant is out from Franklin Park shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- UJS Web Portal, the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The District Attorney, phone 412-350-4401, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Allegheny 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 Franklin Park
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Franklin Park that means appearing before the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
A missed date in a case before the Magisterial District Courts is handled by that court, not by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at alleghenycounty.us, phone 412-350-4401.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Franklin Park?
Not from the Allegheny County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search, 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 Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
Who serves warrants in Franklin Park?
The agency that reports for Franklin Park inside the city and the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Pennsylvania warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Franklin Park held?
At the county jail, run by the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Franklin Park 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 Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
Is this the official Franklin Park 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.