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 25, 2026.
Fountain, Colorado, in El Paso County, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fountain comes from a judge of the El Paso 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.
Related guides: Fountain public records, El Paso County warrants, Fountain arrest records, Fountain inmate search, Fountain criminal records, Fountain court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fountain
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fountain that means the El Paso 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.
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 combined court keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/el-paso-county (page title: El Paso County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone (719) 452-5490, 270 S Tejon St Colorado Springs, CO 80903, Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 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 Fountain
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fountain (filed by the FBI as Fountain Police Department) serve warrants in and around Fountain.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in El Paso County: Colorado Department of Revenue in Marijuana Enforcement Criminal Investigation, El Paso County (state agency); the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Community College (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in El Paso County is good anywhere in Colorado, 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 El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22,751 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fountain arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fountain 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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,240 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at epcsheriffsoffice.com/services/search-for-inmates, phone 719-390-2151. The Fountain inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Fountain on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Fountain
The place to check for a warrant from Fountain is the court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at (719) 452-5490, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the El Paso County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court's) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
Clearing a Warrant from Fountain
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Fountain that means appearing before the El Paso County District Court or the County Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the clerk of the combined court.
A missed date in a case before the County Court is handled by that court, not by the El Paso County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fountain?
Not from the El Paso 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 (719) 452-5490.
Who serves warrants in Fountain?
The agency that reports for Fountain inside the city and the El Paso 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 Fountain held?
At the county jail, run by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fountain 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 (719) 452-5490.
Is this the official Fountain 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.