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.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, has about 217,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lackawanna County comes from a judge of the Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lackawanna County that means the Lackawanna 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 lackawannacounty.org/government/elected_officials/clerk_of_judicial... (page title: Welcome to Lackawanna County, PA), phone 814-472-6146, 123 Wyoming Ave, 1st Floor, Scranton, PA 18503, 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 Lackawanna County
The Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Scranton, Dunmore, Carbondale (township), Carbondale, Old Forge, Archbald and 12 more cities serve warrants in Lackawanna County.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, five other agencies, three campus police departments and one state police unit in Lackawanna County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Forest City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lackawanna County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lackawanna County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lackawanna County is whichever one finds the person; a Pennsylvania warrant is valid across Pennsylvania.
Together, the 16 agencies in Lackawanna County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,905 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lackawanna County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lackawanna 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, run by the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, held about 810 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lackawannacounty.org/government/elected_officials/sheriff/index.php, phone 570-963-6719. The Lackawanna County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
Whether a warrant is out from Lackawanna 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 814-472-6146, 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 570-963-6717, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lackawanna County that means appearing before the Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lackawannacounty.org, phone 570-963-6717.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lackawanna County?
Not from the Lackawanna 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 814-472-6146.
Who serves warrants in Lackawanna County?
The Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Pennsylvania warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lackawanna County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lackawanna 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 814-472-6146.
Is this the official Lackawanna 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.