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 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Johnstown comes from a judge of the Cambria 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 Johnstown
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Johnstown that means the Cambria 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.
For Cambria County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Cambria County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Penns), phone 814-472-5440, 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Serves Warrants in Johnstown
The Cambria County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Johnstown (filed by the FBI as Johnstown Police Department) serve warrants in and around Johnstown.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies, two campus police departments, four state agencies and one state police unit in Cambria County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Cambria 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 24 agencies in Cambria County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,608 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Johnstown arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Johnstown 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 Cambria County Sheriff's Office, held about 370 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at cambriacountypa.gov/sheriff-office. The Johnstown inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Johnstown on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Johnstown
Whether a warrant is out from Johnstown shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases at 814-472-5440, 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 one Cambria County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Johnstown
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Johnstown starts with the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases at 814-472-5440: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Magisterial District Courts is handled by that court, not by the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Johnstown?
Not from the Cambria 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 814-472-5440.
Who serves warrants in Johnstown?
The agency that reports for Johnstown inside the city and the Cambria 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 Johnstown held?
At the county jail, run by the Cambria County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Johnstown 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 814-472-5440.
Is this the official Johnstown 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.