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.
Hinsdale County, Colorado, has 747 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hinsdale County comes from a judge of the Hinsdale 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: Hinsdale County public records, Hinsdale County arrest records, Hinsdale County inmate search, Hinsdale County criminal records, Hinsdale County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hinsdale County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hinsdale County that means the Hinsdale 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.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the clerk of the combined court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov/location/hinsdale-county-courthouse (page title: Hinsdale County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-944-2227, 317 Henson St. Lake City, CO 81235, Friday of the month 8:30a.m. - 1:30p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Hinsdale County District Court.
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 Hinsdale County
The Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Hinsdale County.
A warrant issued in Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2021; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hinsdale County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office, held about 0 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at hinsdalecountysheriff.com, phone 970-944-2291. The Hinsdale County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County
The place to check for a warrant from Hinsdale County is the court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at 970-944-2227, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Hinsdale County starts with the clerk of the combined court at 970-944-2227: 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 Hinsdale County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hinsdale County?
Not from the Hinsdale 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 970-944-2227.
Who serves warrants in Hinsdale County?
The Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hinsdale 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 970-944-2227.
Is this the official Hinsdale 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.