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 9, 2026.
Sheridan, Colorado, in Arapahoe County, has about 5,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sheridan comes from a judge of the Arapahoe 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: Sheridan public records, Arapahoe County warrants, Sheridan arrest records, Sheridan inmate search, Sheridan property records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sheridan
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sheridan that means the Arapahoe 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.
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 Sheridan
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sheridan (filed by the FBI as Sheridan Police Department) serve warrants in and around Sheridan.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Arapahoe County: Arapahoe Community College (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Arapahoe County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the ten agencies in Arapahoe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 23,755 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sheridan arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sheridan 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 Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, held about 890 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departments/sheriffs_office/burea..., phone 720-874-3500. The Sheridan inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Sheridan on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Sheridan
The place to check for a warrant from Sheridan is the District Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Arapahoe County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Sheridan
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Sheridan that means appearing before the Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at arapahoeco.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sheridan?
Not from the Arapahoe County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the clerk of the combined court.
Who serves warrants in Sheridan?
The agency that reports for Sheridan inside the city and the Arapahoe 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 Sheridan held?
At the county jail, run by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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.