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 3, 2026.
Lake County, Colorado, has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lake County comes from a judge of the Lake 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: Lake County public records, Lake County arrest records, Lake County inmate search, Lake County criminal records, Lake County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lake County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lake County that means the Lake 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/courts/trial-courts/lake-county (page title: Lake County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-328-7036, 505 Harrison Avenue PO Box 55 Leadville, CO 80461, 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 Lake County
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Leadville serve warrants in Lake County.
A warrant issued in Lake 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 two agencies in Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 219 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lake County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lake 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office, held about 8 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lakecountyco.gov/539/Detentions, phone 719-486-4185. The Lake County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lake 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 Lake County
Whether a warrant is out from Lake County shows in two places:
- 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 719-486-1186, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lake 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 Lake County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lake County that means appearing before the Lake 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 Lake County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lakecountyco.gov, phone 719-486-1186.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lake County?
Not from the Lake 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 Lake County?
The Lake 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 Lake County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lake 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 Lake 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.