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.
Benton County, Minnesota, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Benton County comes from a judge of the Benton 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: Benton County public records, Benton County arrest records, Benton County inmate search, Benton County criminal records, Benton County court records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Benton County
In Minnesota an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Benton County that means the Benton County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
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 court administrator keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mncourts.gov/find-courts/benton (page title: Benton 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 Benton County
The Benton County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Sauk Rapids, Foley and Rice serve warrants in Benton County.
The Sartell Police Department, the Royalton Police Department and the St. Cloud Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Benton County, so their arrests are not broken out for Benton County here.
A warrant issued in Benton County is good anywhere in Minnesota, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Benton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 494 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Benton County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Benton 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office, held about 35 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at bentoncountymn.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=15. The Benton County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Benton 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 Benton County
The place to check for a warrant from Benton County is Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Benton County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Benton County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Benton County that means appearing before the Benton County District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the court administrator.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Benton County?
Not from the Benton 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 Benton County?
The Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Minnesota warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Benton County held?
At the county jail, run by the Benton County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Benton 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 court administrator.
Is this the official Benton 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.