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 2, 2026.
Fife, Washington, in Pierce County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fife comes from a judge of the Pierce 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.
Related guides: Fife public records, Pierce County warrants, Fife arrest records, Fife inmate search, Fife criminal records, Fife court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fife
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fife that means the Pierce 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 piercecountywa.gov/789/LINX-Online-Case-Information (page title: LINX Online Case Information | Pierce County, WA), 930 Tacoma Ave S, Rm 239 Tacoma WA 98402, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Fife
The Pierce County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fife (filed by the FBI as Fife Police Department) serve warrants in and around Fife.
The Auburn Police Department and the Pacific Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Pierce County, so their arrests are not broken out for Pierce County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Pierce County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the 18 agencies in Pierce County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15,004 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fife arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fife 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 Pierce County Sheriff's Office, held about 770 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us/linxweb/Booking/GetJailRoster.cfm. The Fife inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Fife on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Fife
Whether a warrant is out from Fife shows in two places:
- 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 custody page of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office at linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Pierce County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Fife
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Fife starts with the County Clerk: 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 District Court is handled by that court, not by the Pierce County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fife?
Not from the Pierce 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Fife?
The agency that reports for Fife inside the city and the Pierce 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 Fife held?
At the county jail, run by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fife 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 Fife 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.