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 October 2, 2026.
Butler County, Kansas, has about 69,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Butler County comes from a judge of the Butler 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Butler County public records, Butler County arrest records, Butler County inmate search, Butler County criminal records, Butler County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Butler County
In Kansas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Butler County that means the Butler 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 Butler County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at casesearch.kscourts.gov (page title: Search | Kansas Case Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Butler County
The Butler County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Andover, El Dorado, Augusta, Rose Hill, Benton and Leon serve warrants in Butler County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Butler County: Butler Community College (campus police); the Bluestem Unified School District and the El Dorado School District (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Butler County is good anywhere in Kansas, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the four agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,822 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Butler County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Butler 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 Butler County Sheriff's Office, held about 200 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities. The Butler County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Butler 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 Butler County
Whether a warrant is out from Butler County shows in two places:
- 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 (316) 600-5248, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Butler County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Butler County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Butler County 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 bucoks.gov/166/Attorneys-Office, phone (316) 600-5248.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Butler County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Butler County and Kansas. These wanted and warrant pages from its Butler County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Kansas Most Wanted (kbi.ks.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Butler County?
Not from the Butler 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 that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of the District Court.
Who serves warrants in Butler County?
The Butler 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 Butler County held?
At the county jail, run by the Butler County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Butler 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.
Is this the official Butler 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.