Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Flagstaff, Arizona, in Coconino County, has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Flagstaff comes from a judge of the Coconino County Superior Court or the Justice Courts, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Flagstaff public records, Coconino County warrants, Flagstaff arrest records, Flagstaff inmate search, Flagstaff criminal records, Flagstaff court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Flagstaff
In Arizona an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Flagstaff that means the Coconino County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $10,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Justice Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, civil cases up to $10,000 and evictions, issue their own warrants on the cases before them. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coconino.az.gov/180/Courts (page title: Courts | Coconino), 200 N. San Francisco Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Public Access to Court Information is the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own.
Who Serves Warrants in Flagstaff
The Coconino County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Flagstaff (filed by the FBI as Flagstaff Police Department) serve warrants in and around Flagstaff.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Coconino County: Northern Arizona University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Sedona Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Coconino County, so its arrests are not broken out for Coconino County here.
A warrant issued in Coconino County is good anywhere in Arizona, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the five agencies in Coconino County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,868 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Flagstaff arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Flagstaff Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, held about 310 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at coconino.az.gov/325/Sheriff, phone 928-774-4523. The Flagstaff inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Flagstaff on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Flagstaff
The place to check for a warrant from Flagstaff is Public Access to Court Information, the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is not open to the public in Arizona, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Flagstaff
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Flagstaff starts with the Clerk of the Superior Court: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the Coconino County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Flagstaff?
Public Access to Court Information is the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of the Superior Court.
Who serves warrants in Flagstaff?
The agency that reports for Flagstaff inside the city and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Arizona warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Flagstaff held?
At the county jail, run by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Flagstaff cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Superior Court.
Is this the official Flagstaff website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.