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.
Lincoln County, Colorado, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lincoln County comes from a judge of the Lincoln 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: Lincoln County public records, Lincoln County arrest records, Lincoln County inmate search, Lincoln County criminal records, Lincoln County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lincoln County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lincoln County that means the Lincoln 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/lincoln-county-courthouse (page title: Lincoln County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone (719) 743-2455, 103 Third Ave. P.O. Box 128 Hugo, CO 80821, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Limon and Hugo serve warrants in Lincoln County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lincoln County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
Together, the two agencies in Lincoln County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 178 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lincoln County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, held about 20 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at p2c.lincolnsheriff.org/jailinmates.aspx. The Lincoln County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
The place to check for a warrant from Lincoln County is the court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at (719) 743-2455, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lincoln County that means appearing before the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lincoln County?
Not from the Lincoln 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 (719) 743-2455.
Who serves warrants in Lincoln County?
The Lincoln 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 Lincoln County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lincoln 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 (719) 743-2455.
Is this the official Lincoln 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.