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 on September 23, 2026.
Clear Creek County, Colorado, has about 9,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Clear Creek County comes from a judge of the Clear Creek 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: Clear Creek County public records, Clear Creek County arrest records, Clear Creek County inmate search, Clear Creek County criminal records, Clear Creek County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Clear Creek County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Clear Creek County that means the Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/clear-creek-county (page title: Clear Creek County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-328-7036, Friday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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 Clear Creek County
The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Idaho Springs and Empire serve warrants in Clear Creek County.
A warrant issued in Clear Creek 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 three agencies in Clear Creek County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 485 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Clear Creek County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office, held about 37 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at co.clear-creek.co.us/782/Detentions, phone (303) 980-7300. The Clear Creek County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County
The places to check for a warrant from Clear Creek County:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at 970-328-7036, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone (303) 217-5222, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Clear Creek County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Clear Creek County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Clear Creek County starts with the clerk of the combined court at 970-328-7036: 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 Clear Creek County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.clear-creek.co.us, phone (303) 217-5222.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Clear Creek County?
Not from the Clear Creek 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 970-328-7036.
Who serves warrants in Clear Creek County?
The Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County held?
At the county jail, run by the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Clear Creek 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 at 970-328-7036.
Is this the official Clear Creek 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.