Gladwin County Municipal Court Warrants
Elsewhere in Michigan, a municipal warrant means a city court issued process on its own ordinance, traffic, or failure-to-appear cases. Gladwin County works differently. Neither city here runs a court. The 80th District Court takes all Gladwin and Beaverton matters instead, from civil infractions up to felonies. A Gladwin County warrant on a city case is simply a District Court warrant involving a city agency. The distinction matters less than you might think. One docket, one clerk, one judge handles it.
No Separate Gladwin Municipal Warrant Court
People go looking for a Gladwin municipal court and a Beaverton municipal court, and neither counter exists in Gladwin County. The county's own court page assigns every city case to the District Court. The state's e-filing listing agrees, naming the 80th District Court as the Gladwin court in that system. So the question is not which city court to call. It is what the District Court docket shows. That single fact settles where you phone, where you appear, and which clerk keeps the file. It also explains why hunting a city website for a warrant lookup turns up nothing. The record you want was never there.
Note: A city label describes the agency or the ordinance, not the court that hears the case.
Gladwin County Cities With Municipal Courts
Both incorporated Gladwin County cities appear below with the court that truly handles their cases. One docket serves both.
| City | Court Handling City Matters | Warrant Types | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladwin | 80th District Court | Ordinance, traffic, misdemeanor, felony, failure to appear | 989-426-9207 |
| Beaverton | 80th District Court | Ordinance, traffic, misdemeanor, felony, failure to appear | 989-426-9207 |
Gladwin County's two cities share one clerk and one docket. Only the police report may differ.
Two Gladwin Cities, One Warrant Court
Gladwin, the county seat, counted about 3,069 residents in the 2020 Census. Beaverton sits across Gladwin County with about 1,145 residents and its own police department and city hall. Both cities send court business to the courthouse at 401 W Cedar Ave. Because everything converges there, a reader in either city takes the same steps. Nobody gains an edge by filing in one place. There is no friendlier docket to shop for, and no second courthouse to try.
Checking a Municipal Court Warrant
Four channels cover a Gladwin County city case. Each answers a different piece of the warrant question.
- Search MiCOURT for the case by name or case number and note the court, type, and events.
- Call the 80th District Court at 989-426-9207 and ask whether the docket shows an active warrant.
- Ask the city police department for its report if you need the agency record, and ask about the city's FOIA route.
- Ask the Sheriff's Office about the law-enforcement entry if the question is whether the warrant is in the system.
No Gladwin County city publishes a warrant list, and no public search has a municipal filter. The phone call is the check.
City Police and Gladwin County Warrants
A city department can take a report, make an arrest, and keep a record. It cannot issue a warrant or clear one. Those are judicial acts reserved for a judge or magistrate of the court hearing the case. Gladwin Police, at 989-426-7879, and Beaverton Police, at 989-435-9111, can walk you through their own agency procedures in Gladwin County. Neither can say what a judge ordered on a pending file. Neither stands in for the clerk.
Inside a Municipal Court Warrant
A city case produces the same core fields as any other court file.
| Court | The 80th District Court, regardless of which city brought the matter |
|---|---|
| Case Number | The file identifier, with the year and two-character type |
| Originating Agency | Gladwin Police, Beaverton Police, or another agency that submitted the report |
| Charge or Ordinance | The city ordinance or state statute cited |
| Event That Triggered Process | The missed date or unmet condition behind a warrant |
| Status | Active, served, recalled, or another label the court states |
| Bond or Conditions | Release terms, if the court set any |
City case numbers in Gladwin County follow the same format as other court files, shown only as an example: 2025-1234567.
Ordinance to Felony: Gladwin County Warrants
The charge level drives how a Gladwin County case moves. City matters run from ordinance to felony.
- Ordinance violation
- A city rule adopted by the local government, often handled like a civil infraction.
- Civil infraction
- A noncriminal violation answered with a response and a fine rather than a criminal conviction.
- Misdemeanor
- A criminal charge that stays in District Court through disposition.
- Felony
- A serious criminal charge that can bind over to the 55th Circuit Court after a preliminary examination.
- Failure to appear
- The missed court event that can lead the judge to issue a bench warrant.
How to Resolve a Municipal Court Warrant
Resolving a Gladwin County warrant follows the same path as any other. Confirm the case with the District Court. Ask what the judge requires, then do exactly that. The file may call for an appearance, a recall motion, a payment, or proof of compliance.
Caution: Do not appear at a city hall counter expecting to clear a court warrant. City offices hold city records, and the court holds the case.
If bond applies, ask the Gladwin County court whether one is set, what type it is, and where it can be posted. Court payments go through a vendor under location code 5073.
Gladwin Court Records and City FOIA
Two laws govern two separate record systems here. Michigan's court-records rule makes court files public unless a statute, rule, or order restricts them, and those requests go to the court of record. City and police records in Gladwin County fall under the Freedom of Information Act instead. Gladwin sends FOIA requests to its city clerk. Beaverton sends them to its City Clerk, Janelle Keen-Burgoyne. Neither route reaches a court docket, and a FOIA response is not a warrant clearance. City of Gladwin information appears at gladwin.org, which publishes city records and services, not anything a judge signed.
Use the Gladwin County city pages for city records and services. Take anything a judge signed to the District Court.
Gladwin County Cases That Become Warrants
A Gladwin County city matter turns into a warrant case when something required simply never happens. Maybe an ordinance ticket goes unanswered. Maybe a misdemeanor date is missed, or a payment never lands. Any of these can move a judge to issue process, and the paperwork usually carries a case number. At that point the matter stops being a city issue and becomes a court issue, so treat it as one. Call the District Court and ask what the docket shows for that Gladwin County case number. Then ask the clerk what the judge requires. Keep the answer with the case number so you can act on it.