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 30, 2026.
Dodge County, Wisconsin, has about 89,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dodge County comes from a judge of the Dodge 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: Dodge County public records, Dodge County arrest records, Dodge County inmate search, Dodge County criminal records, Dodge County court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dodge County
In Wisconsin an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dodge County that means the Dodge 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.dodge.wi.gov/government/courts (page title: Courts | Dodge County, Wisconsin), 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 Dodge County
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Beaver Dam (township), Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, Horicon, Juneau and six more cities serve warrants in Dodge County.
The Watertown Police Department and the Hartford Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dodge County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dodge County here.
A warrant issued in Dodge County is good anywhere in Wisconsin, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the ten agencies in Dodge County with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 2,780 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dodge County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dodge 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, run by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, held about 300 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at dodgecounty.wisconsininmatepopulation.us, phone 120 103 2023. The Dodge County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dodge 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 Dodge County
The places to check for a warrant from Dodge County:
- 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 920-386-3610, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Dodge County Sheriff's Office at dodgecounty.wisconsininmatepopulation.us, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Dodge 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 Dodge County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Dodge County that means appearing before the Dodge County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.dodge.wi.gov/district-attorney, phone 920-386-3610.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dodge County?
Not from the Dodge 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 Dodge County?
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Wisconsin warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Dodge County held?
At the county jail, run by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dodge 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 Clerk of Circuit Court.
Is this the official Dodge 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.