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 9, 2026.
New Berlin, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for New Berlin comes from a judge of the Waukesha County Circuit 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: New Berlin public records, Waukesha County warrants, New Berlin arrest records, New Berlin inmate search, New Berlin criminal records, New Berlin court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in New Berlin
In Wisconsin an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For New Berlin that means the Waukesha County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. 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 Clerk of Circuit Court.
For Waukesha County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at waukeshacounty.gov/circuit-courts/information-pages/court-record-in... (page title: Court Record Information | Waukesha County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Who Serves Warrants in New Berlin
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Berlin (filed by the FBI as New Berlin Police Department) serve warrants in and around New Berlin.
The agency that serves a warrant from Waukesha County is whichever one finds the person; a Wisconsin warrant is valid across Wisconsin.
Together, the 16 agencies in Waukesha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,658 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in New Berlin arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from New Berlin 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 Waukesha County Sheriff's Office, held about 470 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at waukeshacounty.gov/sheriff/jail-division/current-inmate-list. The New Berlin inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in New Berlin on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in New Berlin
Whether a warrant is out from New Berlin shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Circuit Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the free statewide case search of every circuit court, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The District Attorney, phone 262-548-7076, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office at waukeshacounty.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Waukesha 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 New Berlin
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from New Berlin starts with the Clerk of Circuit Court: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at waukeshacounty.gov/district-attorney, phone 262-548-7076.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in New Berlin?
Not from the Waukesha County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court, 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 Circuit Court.
Who serves warrants in New Berlin?
The agency that reports for New Berlin inside the city and the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Wisconsin warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in New Berlin held?
At the county jail, run by the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from New Berlin 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 Circuit Court.
Is this the official New Berlin 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.