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 on September 23, 2026.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has about 124,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fayette County comes from a judge of the Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Fayette County arrest records, Fayette County criminal records, Fayette County court records, Fayette County police reports, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fayette County
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fayette County that means the Fayette 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 Fayette County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courtrecord.net/fayette-county-pa-courts (page title: Fayette County Court Records for Free (Fayette County, PA)), phone 724-430-1233, 61 East Main Street Uniontown, PA 15401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Serves Warrants in Fayette County
The agencies that report for Uniontown, Connellsville, Masontown, Brownsville, Perryopolis, Point Marion and two more cities serve warrants in Fayette County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, one state police unit, three state agencies and one other agency in Fayette County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
Southwest Regiona Police Departmentl, Fayette County is listed by the FBI across two counties including Fayette County, so its arrests are not broken out for Fayette County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Fayette County is whichever one finds the person; a Pennsylvania warrant is valid across Pennsylvania.
Together, the ten agencies in Fayette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 643 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fayette County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fayette 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 held about 180 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Fayette 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 Fayette County
Whether a warrant is out from Fayette County 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 724-430-1233, 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 724-430-1245, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Fayette County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Fayette County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Fayette County that means appearing before the Fayette 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 Fayette County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at fayettecountypa.org, phone 724-430-1245.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fayette County?
Not from the Fayette 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 724-430-1233.
Who serves warrants in Fayette County?
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 Fayette County held?
At the county jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fayette 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 Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases at 724-430-1233.
Is this the official Fayette 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.