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 2, 2026.
Custer County, Colorado, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Custer County comes from a judge of the Custer 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: Custer County public records, Custer County arrest records, Custer County inmate search, Custer County criminal records, Custer County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Custer County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Custer County that means the Custer 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 Custer County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts-records-search (page title: Courts Records Search | Colorado Judicial Branch), 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 Custer County
The Custer County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Custer County.
A warrant issued in Custer 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.
The Custer County Sheriff's Office reported 77 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Custer County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Custer 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 Custer County Sheriff's Office, held about 15 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at custercoloradosheriff.com. The Custer County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Custer 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 Custer County
The places to check for a warrant from Custer County:
- 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 custody page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office at custercoloradosheriff.com, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one Custer County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Custer County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Custer County that means appearing before the Custer 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 Custer County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Custer County?
Not from the Custer 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 Custer County?
The Custer 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 Custer County held?
At the county jail, run by the Custer County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Custer 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 Custer 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.