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 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Yuma County, Arizona, has about 220,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Yuma County comes from a judge of the Yuma 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: Yuma County public records, Yuma County arrest records, Yuma County inmate search, Yuma County criminal records, Yuma County court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Yuma County
In Arizona an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Yuma County that means the Yuma 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.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Clerk of the Superior Court keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at yumacountyaz.gov/government/courts (page title: Welcome to Yuma County Courts | Yuma County), phone (928) 817-4083, 250 W. 2nd Street Suite E Yuma, AZ 85364, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the Yuma County Superior Court.
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 Yuma County
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Yuma, San Luis, Somerton and Wellton serve warrants in Yuma County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Yuma County: Arizona Western College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Yuma 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 Yuma County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,982 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Yuma County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Yuma County 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 Yuma County Sheriff's Office, held about 460 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at azdps.gov/leosa/1886, phone (928) 783-4427. The Yuma County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Yuma County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Yuma County
The places to check for a warrant from Yuma County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Superior Court at (928) 817-4083, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- 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 County Attorney, phone (928) 817-4300, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Yuma County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor's) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
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 Yuma County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Yuma County starts with the Clerk of the Superior Court at (928) 817-4083: 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 Yuma County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at yumacountyaz.gov/government/county-attorney, phone (928) 817-4300.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Yuma County?
Not from the Yuma County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. 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 file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Superior Court at (928) 817-4083.
Who serves warrants in Yuma County?
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Arizona warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Yuma County held?
At the county jail, run by the Yuma County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Yuma County 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 at (928) 817-4083.
Is this the official Yuma County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.