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.
Lakewood, Colorado, in Jefferson County, has about 157,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lakewood comes from a judge of the Jefferson 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: Lakewood public records, Jefferson County warrants, Lakewood arrest records, Lakewood inmate search, Lakewood criminal records, Lakewood court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lakewood
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lakewood that means the Jefferson 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.
For Jefferson County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/jefferson-county/traffic-a... (page title: Traffic and Criminal Cases | Colorado Judicial Branch), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Jefferson County District Court.
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 Lakewood
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lakewood (filed by the FBI as Lakewood Police Department) serve warrants in and around Lakewood.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Jefferson County: the Division of Gaming Criminal Enforcement and Investigations Section, Golden (state agency); Colorado School of Mines and Red Rocks Community College (campus police); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Westminster Police Department, the Bow Mar Police Department and the Littleton Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Jefferson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Jefferson County here.
A warrant issued in Jefferson 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 eight agencies in Jefferson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,570 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lakewood arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lakewood 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 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, held about 810 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jeffcosheriffco.gov/jail/inmate-lookup, phone (303) 271-5444. The Lakewood inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lakewood on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Lakewood
Whether a warrant is out from Lakewood shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 303-271-6800, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at jeffcosheriffco.gov/jail/inmate-lookup, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Jefferson 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Lakewood
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lakewood that means appearing before the Jefferson 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 Jefferson County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at jeffco.us/619/District-Attorneys-Office, phone 303-271-6800.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lakewood?
Not from the Jefferson 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.
Who serves warrants in Lakewood?
The agency that reports for Lakewood inside the city and the Jefferson 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 Lakewood held?
At the county jail, run by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lakewood 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.
Is this the official Lakewood 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.