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 September 30, 2026.
Gunnison County, Colorado, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Gunnison County comes from a judge of the Gunnison 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: Gunnison County public records, Gunnison County arrest records, Gunnison County inmate search, Gunnison County criminal records, Gunnison County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Gunnison County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Gunnison County that means the Gunnison 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 Gunnison County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/gunnison-county (page title: Gunnison County | Colorado Judicial Branch), 200 E. Virginia Avenue Gunnison, CO 81230, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 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 Gunnison County
The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Gunnison, Crested Butte and Mount Crested Butte serve warrants in Gunnison County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Gunnison County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the four agencies in Gunnison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 456 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Gunnison County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Gunnison 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 Gunnison County Sheriff's Office, held about 4 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at gunnisoncounty.org/165/Detention-Services, phone 970-641-1113. The Gunnison County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County
The place to check for a warrant from Gunnison County is 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.
Not one of the Gunnison County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Gunnison County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Gunnison County that means appearing before the Gunnison 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 Gunnison County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Gunnison County?
Not from the Gunnison 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 Gunnison County?
The Gunnison 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 Gunnison County held?
At the county jail, run by the Gunnison County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Gunnison 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 Gunnison 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.