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 on September 24, 2026.
Bourbon County, Kansas, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Bourbon County comes from a judge of the Bourbon 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.
Related guides: Bourbon County public records, Bourbon County arrest records, Bourbon County inmate search, Bourbon County criminal records, Bourbon County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Bourbon County
In Kansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Bourbon County that means the Bourbon 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.
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 District Court keeps that file.
For Bourbon County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at bourboncountyks.org/district-court-search (page title: District Court Search | Bourbon County Kansas), phone 620-223-0780, 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 Bourbon County
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fort Scott serve warrants in Bourbon County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Bourbon County is whichever one finds the person; a Kansas warrant is valid across Kansas.
Together, the two agencies in Bourbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 388 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Bourbon County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Bourbon 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 Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, held about 78 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at bourboncountysheriffks.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_ti.... The Bourbon County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County
The places to check for a warrant from Bourbon County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at 620-223-0780, 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, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at bourboncountysheriffks.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Bourbon 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 Bourbon County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Bourbon County starts with the Clerk of the District Court at 620-223-0780: 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 bourboncountyks.org/county-attorney.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Bourbon County?
Not from the Bourbon 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 at 620-223-0780.
Who serves warrants in Bourbon County?
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Kansas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Bourbon County held?
At the county jail, run by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Bourbon 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 District Court at 620-223-0780.
Is this the official Bourbon 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.