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.
Lewis County, Missouri, has about 9,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lewis County comes from a judge of the Lewis County Circuit 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: Lewis County public records, Lewis County arrest records, Lewis County inmate search, Lewis County criminal records, Lewis County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lewis County
In Missouri an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lewis County that means the Lewis County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, with associate circuit judges taking misdemeanors, traffic and small claims. A city with a municipal divisions 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 Circuit Clerk keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1537 (page title: Lewis County Local Rules & Filing Information), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Lewis County
The Lewis County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Canton and La Grange serve warrants in Lewis County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lewis County is whichever one finds the person; an Missouri warrant is valid across Missouri.
Together, the two agencies in Lewis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 34 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lewis County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lewis 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 Lewis County Sheriff's Office, held about 13 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at lewiscosheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1. The Lewis County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lewis 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 Lewis County
Whether a warrant is out from Lewis County shows in three places:
- Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 573-767-5478, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Lewis County Sheriff's Office at lewiscosheriff.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Lewis 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 Lewis County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lewis County starts with the Circuit Clerk: 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 Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lewiscountymo.gov, phone 573-767-5478.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lewis County?
Not from the Lewis County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Case.net is the Missouri courts' 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 Circuit Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Lewis County?
The Lewis County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Missouri warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lewis County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lewis 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 Circuit Clerk.
Is this the official Lewis 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.