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 September 26, 2026.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania, in Mifflin County, has about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lewistown comes from a judge of the Mifflin 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.
Related guides: Lewistown public records, Mifflin County warrants, Lewistown arrest records, Lewistown inmate search, Lewistown criminal records, Lewistown court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lewistown
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lewistown that means the Mifflin 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.
For Mifflin County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mifflincountypa.gov/courts (page title: Mifflin County | Courts), phone 717-248-4613, 20 North Wayne Street Lewistown, PA 17044, 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 Lewistown
The agency that reports for Lewistown (filed by the FBI as Lewistown Police Department) serves warrants in and around Lewistown.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, three state agencies and one state police unit in Mifflin County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Mifflin 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 four agencies in Mifflin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 932 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lewistown arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lewistown Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail held about 130 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at mifflincountypa.gov/correctional-facility/inmate-lookup. The Lewistown inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lewistown on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Lewistown
The places to check for a warrant from Lewistown:
- The court file of the case, through the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases at 717-248-4613, 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) 248-8408, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the sheriff's office at mifflincountypa.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Mifflin 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 Lewistown
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lewistown that means appearing before the Mifflin 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 Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at mifflincountypa.gov, phone (717) 248-8408.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lewistown?
Not from the Mifflin 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 717-248-4613.
Who serves warrants in Lewistown?
The police agency that finds the person; a Pennsylvania warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lewistown held?
At the county jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lewistown 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 717-248-4613.
Is this the official Lewistown 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.