Checking for a Warrant in Clearbrook
Clearbrook posts no warrant list of its own. A warrant check runs through the county, with one local stop first: the shared police department. It can speak to a city incident and pass the rest along.
- Read the Clearwater County active warrant list and note the update stamp above the table.
- Call the Clearbrook-Gonvick Police Department at 218-776-3490 if the question is about a city incident.
- Call the sheriff's office at 218-694-6226 to ask whether a warrant is currently open.
- Call the district court at 218-935-4020 with a citation or case number for the court side.
- Ask the city clerk for a city-held record if you need one, and talk with a lawyer before acting.
Note: county dispatch answers the sheriff's number around the clock in Clearbrook, and emergencies always go to 911.
Clearbrook Police and Municipal Court
Arrests and city incidents belong to the shared department, while criminal and traffic cases filed in the county belong to the district court. Clearbrook runs no municipal court page of its own, so the court side of a Clearbrook case goes through Bagley. That split saves phone time. Ask the police for the incident record. Ask the court about the case, the appearance, and a warrant's current status.
Clearbrook Warrant Record Hours and Copy Fees
The Clearbrook city office keeps weekday hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Data requests count among its services. Copies run $.10 per page, and a fax costs $.50 per page. The clerk can confirm current charges before you order.
| City Office | Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Copies | $.10 per page as listed on the city page |
| Fax | $.50 per page as listed on the city page |
| Clerk Contact | 218-776-3213, listed through the county officer directory |
| Mailing Address | PO Box 62, Clearbrook, MN 56634 |
City hall fees are not court fees, and never bond figures. In Clearbrook as anywhere, a copy charge says nothing about what a case may require.
Clearbrook Warrant Types
A Clearbrook case produces the same warrant types as any other Clearwater County case. The city name on a citation creates no separate warrant category.
| Warrant Type | How It Arises | Who Issues It |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic warrant | An unpaid or unanswered citation written in the city | District court judge |
| Bench warrant | A missed court date or a release-condition violation | District court judge |
| Arrest warrant | A charge filed after a shared-department investigation | District court judge |
| Ordinance case | A city code matter filed with the court | District court judge |
The county list carries no type field. In Clearbrook as elsewhere, the citation or court file is the only reliable place to learn which warrant applies.
City Data Request vs Clearbrook Warrant Search
Two different requests sit behind two different desks, and sending one to the wrong office wastes a cycle. A city data request asks Clearbrook for records the city itself keeps, such as a police report or a city document. A court search asks the state for case events in a district court file. The city's own pages describe data requests as an office service, not a court function, and the district court sits in another building as a state office. Unsure which desk holds the record? Call the city clerk and ask what Clearbrook maintains before filing anything.
Inside a Clearbrook Warrant Record
The county list supplies a short row, and the court file supplies everything else.
| Warrant Number | The row identifier on the sheriff's published list, not a case or citation number. |
|---|---|
| Date Issued | When the court issued the warrant after the missed obligation. |
| Bond | A release condition if the court set one. Payment routes are not published. |
| Charges | The offense named on the citation or complaint, best read in the court file. |
| City Record | Any Clearbrook-held report about the incident, requested from the city clerk. |
| Case Events | Filings, hearings, and any service or recall event in the district court file. |
Ask each office for the piece it holds. A Clearbrook warrant search returns two separate answers, never one combined file.
Where Clearbrook Cases Are Heard
Clearwater County has one district court, in the Bagley courthouse about a half hour from Clearbrook. Criminal, traffic, family, and probate matters filed in the county are heard there. The court calendar posts each business morning. For a Clearbrook resident who cannot make the drive, phone and online access matter. The court administrator answers case questions by phone. The state case index can be searched from home with Clearwater County selected. Ask whether an appearance can be handled remotely before assuming a trip is required.
How Clearbrook Warrants Fit the County System
A Clearbrook citation becomes a county case. That case can produce a warrant the sheriff's office serves. The shared police keep the incident record; the district court keeps the case file.
Warrant flow: Clearbrook-Gonvick Police Department › Clearwater County District Court › Clearwater County Sheriff › state warrant file
The county warrant records overview covers the county and state steps in full. It explains what the sheriff publishes and what the court controls, beyond what Clearbrook itself offers.
Why a Clearbrook Warrant Name Search Misses
A name search in the state case index has a known blind spot. Pending criminal, traffic, and petty-misdemeanor cases without a conviction may not come back at all. So a Clearbrook driver can pull up nothing on a very real case. The fix is the citation number. It sits on its own search tab and skips name matching entirely. Lost the citation? Call the court with the approximate date and the name as it appeared on the ticket, and a Clearbrook clerk can still track the file. Note: a missing name result is not a clearance, and it is not evidence that a citation was dismissed.
Clearbrook Warrant Records and Public Access
Minnesota's data rules apply countywide, Clearbrook included. The city page repeats the general rule that city data is public unless a statute makes it private.
Key Rules:
Minnesota Statutes 13.82 makes specified adult arrest data public at the agency that created it, which for a city incident is the shared police department.
Minnesota Statutes 13.82(19) keeps warrant-index data confidential until custody, service, or a court appearance unless the agency finds a public purpose.
Minnesota Statutes 260B.171 keeps police records about children private, so juvenile matters do not appear on the county's adult list.
No Clearbrook Warrant Portal Was Located
Clearbrook itself posts no warrant list, warrant search, or payment portal. Neither does the shared police department. That gap runs through the whole county, with one exception. A single published list exists. The sheriff's office keeps it. For a warrant question, then, the county channels are the answer, while Clearbrook's clerk handles any city record request at her desk.