Please come into the Friend of the Court office immediately to resolve the bench warrant and avoid further enforcement action. Expect to make some kind of cash payment on the outstanding support arrearage and to provide employment and address information.

A felony warrant results from a criminal case that has been issued by the Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office. If this has happened then the Friend of the Court office cannot resolve the warrant and you must contact the Prosecutor's office to determine what to do next. You may contact the Prosecutor's office at (616) 846-8215. For more information you may also contact their web site at miOTTAWA.org/prosecutor.

You must come into the Friend of the Court and see a Judicial Service Officer between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Our office will not handle a bench warrant over the phone.

Upon discovering that a warrant has been issued against you, a party should immediately appear in person at the Office of the Clerk Magistrate to file a Motion to Remove the Default and Recall the Warrant. Since an outstanding warrant may result in the arrest of the alleged violator, time is of the essence and prompt action should be undertaken.

We will send a letter to the defendant informing him/her to contact our office to post bail or make arrangements to report to the County Jail. If they do not respond our Sheriff's Deputies will attempt to find and arrest the defendant to answer to the charges in Court.

arrest warrant is a document that authorizes police to arrest a person that they suspect has committed a crime. A magistrate will issue an arrest warrant if a police officer submits a sworn affidavit showing probable cause that a specific crime has been committed by the person named in the warrant.

Contact an attorney as quickly as possible. Your attorney may be able to assist in getting a bond set for you or getting the court to reduce the amount of bond in your case. This can save you hundreds of dollars in bonding fees. Also, your attorney will be involved from the very beginning to safeguard and protect your rights. In some cases, your attorney will be able to prevent your incarceration by working with a bonding company to post a "no-arrest" bond.

All City Court bench warrants are posted on our Warrant Reports of our website. You can also call our Criminal/Traffic Division at (225) 389-5278 or the Warrant Division of the City Constable's Office at (225) 389-3889.

Warrants of arrest, which include both arrest and bench warrants, have no expiration date. They are cleared only when abated by death or when a defendant appears before a judge in the court that issued the warrant.

For all misdemeanor warrants of arrest, you can self-surrender before 11:00 a.m. during court days to the Marshall's office at the Fremont Hall of Justice Court. For felony or misdemeanor warrant of arrests, you can self surrender to the Fremont Jail at any time; but if you want to appear in court on the same day that you self-surrender, you must come to the Fremont Jail before 8:00 a.m. during court days for booking .

You can either come to the Police Department at 1 N. San Antonio Rd or call (650) 947-2770 to discuss options available to you.

No. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office is responsible for keeping all warrants, regardless of which agency requested the warrant. To contact the Sheriff's Office, call (850) 983-1280.

Contact the warrant division at 972-881-3072 to get additional information on the procedure to follow in clearing the warrant(s).