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.
Wells County, Indiana, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Wells County comes from a judge of the Wells Circuit and Superior Courts, 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: Wells County public records, Wells County arrest records, Wells County inmate search, Wells County criminal records, Wells County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Wells County
In Indiana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Wells County that means the Wells Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. A city with a city and town 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 Circuit Court keeps that file.
For Wells County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/wells-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Wells County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Wells County
The Wells County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bluffton and Ossian serve warrants in Wells County.
The Markle Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Wells County, so its arrests are not broken out for Wells County here.
A warrant issued in Wells County is good anywhere in Indiana, 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 Wells County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 588 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Wells County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Wells 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 Wells County Sheriff's Office, held about 77 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at wellscounty.org/sheriffs-office, phone (260) 824-3426. The Wells County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Wells 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 Wells County
The places to check for a warrant from Wells County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Mycase.IN.gov, the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone (260) 824-4102, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Wells County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor's) 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 Wells County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Wells County starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at wellscounty.org/prosecutor, phone (260) 824-4102.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Wells County?
Not from the Wells County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Who serves warrants in Wells County?
The Wells County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Indiana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Wells County held?
At the county jail, run by the Wells County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Wells 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 Circuit Court.
Is this the official Wells 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.