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.
Arapahoe County, Colorado, has about 667,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Arapahoe County 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: Arapahoe County public records, Arapahoe County arrest records, Arapahoe County inmate search, Arapahoe County police reports, Arapahoe County property records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Arapahoe County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Arapahoe County 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.
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.
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 Arapahoe County
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village and four more cities serve warrants in Arapahoe County.
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 Arapahoe County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Arapahoe County 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 Arapahoe County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Arapahoe County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Arapahoe County
The place to check for a warrant from Arapahoe County 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 Arapahoe County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Arapahoe County starts with the clerk of the combined court: 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 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 Arapahoe County?
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 Arapahoe County?
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Colorado warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Arapahoe County held?
At the county jail, run by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Arapahoe County 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 Arapahoe County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.