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 1, 2026.
Perry County, Pennsylvania, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Perry County comes from a judge of the Perry 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 Perry County
In Pennsylvania an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Perry County that means the Perry 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 pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Perry County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Pennsyl), phone 717-582-5143, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Perry County Court of Common Pleas.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Serves Warrants in Perry County
The agency that reports for Marysville serves warrants in Perry County.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies and one state police unit in Perry County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Perry 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.
Marysville reported 16 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Perry County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Perry 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 83 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail. The Perry County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Perry 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 Perry County
Whether a warrant is out from Perry 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 717-582-5143, 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 717-582-2131, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Perry County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Perry County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Perry County starts with the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases at 717-582-5143: 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 Perry County Court of Common Pleas.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at perryco.org/departments/district-attorney, phone 717-582-2131.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Perry County?
Not from the Perry 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 717-582-5143.
Who serves warrants in Perry 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 Perry County held?
At the county jail, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Perry 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 717-582-5143.
Is this the official Perry 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.