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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Dodge City, Kansas, in Ford County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dodge City comes from a judge of the Ford County District 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 Dodge City
In Kansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dodge City that means the Ford County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. 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 District Court.
For Ford County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at fordcounty.net/quicklinks.aspx?CID=24 (page title: Quick Links, District Court), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Dodge City
The Ford County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dodge City (filed by the FBI as Dodge City Police Department) serve warrants in and around Dodge City.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Ford County: the Boothill Casino Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (state agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Ford County is whichever one finds the person; a Kansas warrant is valid across Kansas.
Together, the four agencies in Ford County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,606 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dodge City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dodge City 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 Ford County Sheriff's Office, held about 160 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at fordcounty.net/277/Jail, phone 620-227-4501. The Dodge City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dodge City on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Dodge City
Whether a warrant is out from Dodge City shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Attorney, phone 620-227-4510, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Ford 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 Dodge City
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Dodge City starts with the Clerk of the District 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 County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at fordcounty.net, phone 620-227-4510.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dodge City?
Not from the Ford County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' 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 District Court.
Who serves warrants in Dodge City?
The agency that reports for Dodge City inside the city and the Ford County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Kansas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Dodge City held?
At the county jail, run by the Ford County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dodge City 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 District Court.
Is this the official Dodge City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.