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 25, 2026.
Bremerton, Washington, in Kitsap County, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bremerton comes from a judge of the Kitsap County Superior Court or the District Court, 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 Bremerton
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bremerton that means the Kitsap County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $100,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims and civil cases up to $100,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at dw.courts.wa.gov (page title: Find My Court Date | WA.gov), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Bremerton
The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bremerton (filed by the FBI as Bremerton Police Department) serve warrants in and around Bremerton.
The agency that serves a warrant from Kitsap County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the five agencies in Kitsap County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,849 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bremerton arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bremerton 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 Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, held about 320 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at incustody.kitsap.gov, phone 877-846-3492. The Bremerton inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Bremerton on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Bremerton
Whether a warrant is out from Bremerton shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Washington Courts Search Case Records, the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone (360)337-7174, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office at incustody.kitsap.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Kitsap 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 Bremerton
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Bremerton that means appearing before the Kitsap County Superior Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the County Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Kitsap County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at kitsap.gov/pros/Pages/default.aspx, phone (360)337-7174.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bremerton?
Not from the Kitsap County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of 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 County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Bremerton?
The agency that reports for Bremerton inside the city and the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bremerton held?
At the county jail, run by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bremerton 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 County Clerk.
Is this the official Bremerton 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.