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 2, 2026.
San Juan County, Colorado, has 821 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for San Juan County comes from a judge of the San Juan 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: San Juan County public records, San Juan County arrest records, San Juan County inmate search, San Juan County criminal records, San Juan County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in San Juan County
In Colorado an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For San Juan County that means the San Juan 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/san-juan-county (page title: San Juan County | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-385-6145, 1557 Greene Street P O Box 900 Silverton, CO 81433, Monday: 12:00 - 4:00 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 San Juan County
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in San Juan County.
The agency that serves a warrant from San Juan County is whichever one finds the person; a Colorado warrant is valid across Colorado.
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2023; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in San Juan County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from San Juan 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 San Juan County Sheriff's Office, held about 2 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sanjuansheriff.org. The San Juan County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in San Juan 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 San Juan County
Whether a warrant is out from San Juan County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of the combined court at 970-385-6145, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the San Juan County Sheriff's Office at sanjuansheriff.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
The one San Juan County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from San Juan County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from San Juan County that means appearing before the San Juan 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 San Juan County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in San Juan County?
Not from the San Juan 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 970-385-6145.
Who serves warrants in San Juan County?
The San Juan 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 San Juan County held?
At the county jail, run by the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from San Juan 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 970-385-6145.
Is this the official San Juan 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.