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.
Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sterling comes from a judge of the Logan 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: Sterling public records, Logan County warrants, Sterling arrest records, Sterling criminal records, Sterling court records, Sterling police reports, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sterling
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sterling that means the Logan 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.
For Logan County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/logan-county (page title: Logan County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone (970) 522-5032, 110 N. Riverview Road Room 205 Sterling, CO 80751, 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 Sterling
The Logan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sterling (filed by the FBI as Sterling Police Department) serve warrants in and around Sterling.
The agency that serves a warrant from Logan County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the two agencies in Logan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,073 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sterling arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sterling 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 Logan County Sheriff's Office, held about 12 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Sterling on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Sterling
The places to check for a warrant from Sterling:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at (970) 522-5032, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Logan County pages SearchSystems verified (the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Sterling
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Sterling starts with the clerk of the combined court at (970) 522-5032: 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 Logan County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at 13thda.com/about.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sterling?
Not from the Logan 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) 522-5032.
Who serves warrants in Sterling?
The agency that reports for Sterling inside the city and the Logan 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 Sterling held?
At the county jail, run by the Logan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sterling 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) 522-5032.
Is this the official Sterling 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.