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 9, 2026.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gettysburg comes from a judge of the Adams 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 Gettysburg
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gettysburg that means the Adams 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.
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 Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at adamscountypa.gov/departments/clerkoforphanscourt/case-search (page title: Adams County | Case Search), phone 724-656-3100, 350 North Street Harrisburg PA 17120, 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 Gettysburg
The Adams County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gettysburg (filed by the FBI as Gettysburg Police Department) serve warrants in and around Gettysburg.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies, three other agencies and one state police unit in Adams County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Adams 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 13 agencies in Adams County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 656 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gettysburg arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gettysburg 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 Adams County Sheriff's Office, held about 210 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at adamscosheriff.net/portal/Jail?hours=24. The Gettysburg inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gettysburg on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Gettysburg
Whether a warrant is out from Gettysburg 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 at 724-656-3100, 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 717-337-9840, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Adams County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor's) 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 Gettysburg
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gettysburg that means appearing before the Adams 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 Adams County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at adamscountypa.gov, phone 717-337-9840.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gettysburg?
Not from the Adams 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 at 724-656-3100.
Who serves warrants in Gettysburg?
The agency that reports for Gettysburg inside the city and the Adams 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 Gettysburg held?
At the county jail, run by the Adams County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gettysburg 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 at 724-656-3100.
Is this the official Gettysburg 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.