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.
Crystal, Minnesota, in Hennepin County, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Crystal comes from a judge of the Hennepin 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: Crystal public records, Hennepin County warrants, Crystal arrest records, Crystal inmate search, Crystal criminal records, Crystal court records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Crystal
In Minnesota an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Crystal that means the Hennepin County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
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 court administrator.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mncourts.gov/find-courts/hennepin/records-center-hennepin (page title: Records Center | Hennepin County District Court), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Crystal
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Crystal (filed by the FBI as Crystal Police Department) serve warrants in and around Crystal.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, three other agencies and one state police unit in Hennepin County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The St. Anthony Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Hennepin County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hennepin County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hennepin County is whichever one finds the person; an Minnesota warrant is valid across Minnesota.
Together, the 29 agencies in Hennepin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,183 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Crystal arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Crystal 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 Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, held about 720 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/public-safety/police-public-saf..., phone 612-348-5112. The Crystal inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Crystal on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Crystal
Whether a warrant is out from Crystal shows in three places:
- Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free 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 Hennepin County Sheriff's Office at minneapolismn.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Hennepin County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Crystal
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Crystal that means appearing before the Hennepin County District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the court administrator.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at hennepincounty.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Crystal?
Not from the Hennepin County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free 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 court administrator.
Who serves warrants in Crystal?
The agency that reports for Crystal inside the city and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Minnesota warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Crystal held?
At the county jail, run by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Crystal 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 court administrator.
Is this the official Crystal 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.