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.
Las Animas County, Colorado, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Las Animas County comes from a judge of the Las Animas 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Las Animas County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Las Animas County that means the Las Animas 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.
For Las Animas County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/las-animas-county (page title: Las Animas County | Colorado Judicial Branch), 200 E. 1st St. Room 304 Trinidad, CO 81082, 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 Las Animas County
The Las Animas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Trinidad serve warrants in Las Animas County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Las Animas County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the two agencies in Las Animas County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 642 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Las Animas County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Las Animas 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 Las Animas County Sheriff's Office, held about 46 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lasosheriff.org, phone 719-846-2211. The Las Animas County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County
The place to check for a warrant from Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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 Las Animas County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Las Animas County that means appearing before the Las Animas 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 Las Animas County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Las Animas County?
Not from the Las Animas 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 Las Animas County?
The Las Animas 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 Las Animas County held?
At the county jail, run by the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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.