Active Warrants in Fayette County
Fayette County publishes a bench-warrant page with two official PDF channels: the Fayette County Bench Warrant List and the Fayette County Domestic Relations Warrants list. These are public PDF lists, not an interactive live warrant search database. The Common Pleas list is tied to criminal and court-compliance matters, while the Domestic Relations list is tied to support-enforcement warrant activity.
The Sheriff's Office is the key local law-enforcement contact for warrant-service and surrender questions. Sheriff James Custer's office is listed at 61 East Main Street, 1st Floor, Uniontown, PA 15401, with phone 724-430-1295 and fax 724-430-4030. For custody confirmation after a surrender or arrest, Fayette County Jail can be contacted at 724-430-1222.
The county Sheriff's Office page is the local law-enforcement source for warrant-service and sheriff contact information.
Use the sheriff contact for service or surrender questions, but verify the underlying court docket with the issuing court office.
Types of Warrants in Fayette County
Warrant terms often overlap in public use, but the issuing office matters. A Common Pleas bench warrant may follow a missed sentencing, trial, plea, or probation-violation event. Domestic Relations warrants can follow support-enforcement proceedings. Magisterial District Courts may have lower-court failure-to-appear or preliminary-hearing warrant issues. Search warrants and sealed warrants may not be public before execution or while restricted by court order.
- Arrest warrant - A warrant authorizing arrest in connection with a criminal matter or complaint.
- Bench warrant - A judge-issued warrant, often for failure to appear or failure to comply with a court order.
- Search warrant - A warrant authorizing a search; unexecuted or sealed search warrants may not appear in public lookup channels.
- Capias / failure-to-appear - A process used to bring a person before the court after missing a required proceeding.
How to Search Fayette County Warrants
Start with the county's bench warrant list page, then cross-check the related case through UJS Case Search. UJS is useful because the warrant PDF can show a docket number, but the docket sheet may show more case context, scheduled events, disposition entries, or later activity that is not obvious from a static PDF.
The county bench warrant list page is the public starting point for Common Pleas warrant PDFs.
Because the list is a PDF-based channel, it should be checked against current court and sheriff information before action.
- Open the Fayette County bench warrant page and review the Common Pleas and Domestic Relations PDF channels.
- Use the name, docket number, warrant number, or court listed in the PDF to search UJS for related docket activity.
- Call the Sheriff's Office, Clerk of Courts, Domestic Relations, or the issuing Magisterial District Court before appearing if the record may involve arrest risk.
- Confirm the record again after payment, hearing, surrender, recall, or withdrawal because old PDF entries may not prove that a warrant is still active or fully cleared.
Fayette County Warrant Search Fields
The public county channel is a PDF list, so it does not use typical web-form search boxes. Users generally search within the PDF, then use UJS by docket or participant name. Domestic Relations warrant entries should be handled through the Domestic Relations contact path, while criminal Common Pleas entries should be confirmed through the Clerk of Courts, Sheriff's Office, or UJS docket.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | PDF text | Yes | Search the county PDF for last name and confirm identity before relying on a match. |
| Docket Number | Text | No | Examples use Common Pleas criminal docket formatting such as CP-26-CR numbers. |
| Warrant Number | Text | No | Common Pleas samples include warrant numbers such as 26-BW formatted entries. |
| UJS Participant Name | Text | No | Use to locate related case status, hearing events, and disposition information. |
What a Fayette County Warrant Record Shows
The researched Common Pleas bench-warrant sample included detailed fields rather than a simple name-only list. It showed the person's name, docket number, address, date of birth, judge, date, warrant number, charge, active status, warrant type, and explanatory text. Examples in the research included DUI, retail theft, and use or possession of drug paraphernalia, with explanations such as failure to appear for sentence court, preliminary hearing, trial, fast-track plea and sentence, criminal court, or probation violation.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Warrant Number | The county warrant identifier, such as a 26-BW formatted number in the sample. |
| Issue / List Date | The warrant or list date shown in the PDF entry; confirm current status before action. |
| Charge | The offense or case type connected to the warrant, such as DUI or retail theft. |
| Status | May state Active Bench Warrant or a similar status in the public PDF. |
| Issuing Court / Judge | The judge or court associated with the Common Pleas or Domestic Relations warrant. |
| Failure-to-Appear Detail | Explanatory text may identify missed sentencing, trial, plea, preliminary hearing, or probation-violation events. |
What to Do If You Have an Outstanding Warrant
Do not rely on a PDF alone to decide whether a warrant is active, recalled, or cleared. Identify the docket or warrant number, search UJS for the related case, and call the issuing office before appearing. For criminal Common Pleas matters, contact the Clerk of Courts at 724-430-1253 or the Sheriff's Office at 724-430-1295. For support-enforcement warrants, contact Domestic Relations at 724-430-1260.
For Domestic Relations warrants, the researched PDF notes that an asterisk means the defendant is to be taken directly to the county jail for incarceration; all others must be brought to the Domestic Relations Office during business hours, and after hours transported to the jail. Domestic Relations hours in the PDF were 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Important: Speak with counsel before surrendering or appearing on a warrant when arrest, bond, incarceration, or probation consequences may apply.
Sheriff, App, and Jail Contact Fallbacks
The research did not identify a county Crime Stoppers warrant-tip program or a statewide public Pennsylvania warrant search. Use the Sheriff's Office for warrant-service or surrender questions, the Clerk of Courts for criminal Common Pleas case questions, Domestic Relations for support-enforcement warrants, and the relevant Magisterial District Court for lower-court failure-to-appear issues.
The county's researched Sheriff's app is documented for the most current jail roster, with listings on Google Play and the Apple App Store. The research did not verify a public app-only warrant search feature, so warrant status should be confirmed through the PDF, UJS, and the appropriate county office. Fayette County Jail at 254 McClellandtown Road, Uniontown, PA 15401, phone 724-430-1222, is the custody contact after an arrest or surrender.
Restricted Fayette County Warrant Records
Not every warrant or warrant-related record is public. Sealed warrants, unexecuted search warrants, juvenile matters, expunged records, limited-access cases, protected victim information, and some personal identifiers may be withheld or redacted. UJS also notes that limited-access cases are not visible for PAePay payment; those cases must be handled with the filing court or payment-plan court.
Federal warrants are separate from Fayette County records. Fayette County is in the Western District of Pennsylvania for federal court purposes, and federal warrant enforcement may involve federal court, the U.S. Marshals Service, or federal prosecutors rather than the county bench-warrant list. Megan's Law is also separate; the Pennsylvania State Police registry is a sex-offender registry, not a warrant list.
The Pennsylvania Megan's Law registry is a separate Pennsylvania State Police resource.
Do not treat a registry listing as a Fayette County warrant result; it answers a different public-record question.