Garrett County Warrant Records Garrett County Warrant Records

Questions about the site itself can come to us. Questions about a warrant cannot. We do not hold warrant records and we cannot look one up, so this page mostly points you to the offices that can. The counters listed below are the ones that answer Garrett County warrant questions, and each covers a different piece of a case. Pick the one that matches your question, and call before you visit.

This Is Not a Government or Law Enforcement Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot confirm whether a warrant exists, recall or clear one, post bond, arrange a surrender, or give legal advice. For any of those, contact the sheriff's office or the court that issued the process.

Need Official Warrant Information?

Here is where each common question belongs in Garrett County:

  • Whether a warrant exists: start with the court that issued the process. The sheriff's office can describe what it serves, but it cannot confirm a court's current status.
  • A bench warrant for a missed date: contact the court that set the case. In Garrett County that is usually the District Court, since the county has no municipal court layer.
  • Resolving or clearing a warrant: talk with a licensed Maryland attorney and the issuing court about a recall, an appearance, or bond.
  • An arrest warrant tied to a charge: the issuing court sets the charge and the bond, and the sheriff's office serves the order.
  • Traffic citations: the District Court and the statewide payment channels handle citation cases.

County process service runs through the Garrett County Sheriff's Office, 311 East Alder Street, Oakland, MD 21550, at 301-334-1911. The office is open around the clock for agency purposes, but no public warrant-counter hours are posted, so call first and ask to be routed.

Court records run through the District Court of Maryland, District 12, 205 South Third Street, Oakland, MD 21550, at 301-334-8020, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except legal holidays. Felony and circuit files sit with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett County, 203 South Fourth Street, Room 109, at 301-334-1937. Initial charging and bail questions go to the District Court commissioner station at 239 East Alder Street, 301-334-8030.