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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
St. Albans, Vermont, in Franklin County, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for St. Albans comes from a judge of the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit or the Judicial Bureau, 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: St. Albans public records, Franklin County warrants, St. Albans arrest records, St. Albans inmate search, St. Albans criminal records, St. Albans court records, Vermont arrest records and Vermont inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in St. Albans
In Vermont an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For St. Albans that means the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case, each in its own division; the Judicial Bureau, which takes traffic tickets and other civil violations, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 clerk of each division.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/franklin-civil-division (page title: Franklin Civil Division | Vermont Judiciary), phone 802-524-7993, 17 Church Street, St. Albans, VT 05478, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in St. Albans
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Albans (filed by the FBI as St. Albans Police Department) serve warrants in and around St. Albans.
In Vermont the police for a given address is the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Franklin County: the St. Albans State Police (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Franklin County is good anywhere in Vermont, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,024 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in St. Albans arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from St. Albans Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody is in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in Vermont; its inmate locator is at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Check for a Warrant in St. Albans
Whether a warrant is out from St. Albans shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of each division at 802-524-7993, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Vermont Judiciary Public Portal, the courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The State's Attorney, phone 802-223-2020, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Franklin 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 St. Albans
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from St. Albans starts with the clerk of each division at 802-524-7993: 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 Judicial Bureau is handled by that court, not by the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at vtbar.org, phone 802-223-2020.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in St. Albans?
Not from the Franklin County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case 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 clerk of each division at 802-524-7993.
Who serves warrants in St. Albans?
The agency that reports for St. Albans inside the city and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Vermont warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in St. Albans held?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
How is a warrant from St. Albans 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 clerk of each division at 802-524-7993.
Is this the official St. Albans 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.