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 October 2, 2026.
Fort Collins, Colorado, in Larimer County, has about 171,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fort Collins comes from a judge of the Larimer County District Court or the County Court, 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Fort Collins
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fort Collins that means the Larimer County District Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $25,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $25,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. 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 combined court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/larimer-county (page title: Larimer County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-494-3500, 201 LaPorte Ave, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80521, Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Colorado has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Fort Collins
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fort Collins (filed by the FBI as Fort Collins Police Department) serve warrants in and around Fort Collins.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Larimer County: Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (other agency); Colorado State University at Fort Collins (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Johnstown Police Department and the Windsor Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Larimer County, so their arrests are not broken out for Larimer County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Larimer County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the five agencies in Larimer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,274 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fort Collins arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fort Collins 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 Larimer County Sheriff's Office, held about 510 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at larimer.gov/sheriff/jail/released, phone (970) 498-5200. The Fort Collins inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Fort Collins on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Fort Collins
The place to check for a warrant from Fort Collins is the court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at 970-494-3500, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
The one Larimer County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Fort Collins
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Fort Collins starts with the clerk of the combined court at 970-494-3500: 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 County Court is handled by that court, not by the Larimer County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fort Collins?
Not from the Larimer County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of the combined court at 970-494-3500.
Who serves warrants in Fort Collins?
The agency that reports for Fort Collins inside the city and the Larimer County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Fort Collins held?
At the county jail, run by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fort Collins 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 combined court at 970-494-3500.
Is this the official Fort Collins 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.