Dukes County Warrant Records Dukes County Warrant Records

This page explains what we can and cannot help with, and where an official Dukes County warrant question really belongs. Most requests go to the clerk of the court that issued the warrant, or to the sheriff's office for records the sheriff holds. The routing below sends each need to the right counter.

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 to anyone. For any of those, reach the clerk of the court that issued the warrant, or the sheriff's office that holds the record.

Need Official Warrant Information?

Here is where the questions people ask most often about Dukes County warrants belong:

  • Whether a warrant exists: the clerk of the court that issued it. The Edgartown District Court handles criminal, traffic, and town-ordinance cases for every Dukes County town.
  • A default warrant after a missed date: the Edgartown District Court clerk's office, which keeps the docket and the court entries.
  • Resolving or clearing a warrant: a licensed Massachusetts attorney and the issuing court, which controls recall, bail, and any assessment.
  • An indictment or a Superior Court charge: the Dukes County Superior Court Clerk of Courts, which keeps that separate docket.
  • Custody after an arrest, or a civil service return: the Dukes County Sheriff's Office, which runs the jail and Civil Process.

Dukes County publishes no public sheriff warrant roster, so no island office can confirm active warrant status by handing over a list. The two county-level counters that matter are the Edgartown District Court Clerk's Office, 81 Main St., Edgartown, MA 02539, (508) 627-3751, open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and the Dukes County Sheriff's Office Records Access Officer, Special Sheriff Kayla Pachico, 149 Main St., P.O. Box 252, Edgartown, MA 02539, (508) 627-5173, records@dcsoma.org. For civil process and capias service questions, call the sheriff's Civil Process office at 9 Flight Path, Vineyard Haven, (508) 627-3511.