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.
Great Falls, Montana, in Cascade County, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Great Falls comes from a judge of the Cascade County District Court or the Justice 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Great Falls
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Great Falls that means the Cascade County District Court, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Justice Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a city and 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 District Court keeps that file.
For Cascade County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at cascadecountymt.gov/158/Clerk-of-Courts-Office (page title: Clerk of Court's Office | Cascade County, MT), phone (406) 604-7796, Monday - Friday 8:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Montana has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Great Falls
The Cascade County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Great Falls (filed by the FBI as Great Falls Police Department) serve warrants in and around Great Falls.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cascade County: the Great Falls International Airport Authority (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Cascade County is whichever one finds the person; an Montana warrant is valid across Montana.
Together, the two agencies in Cascade County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,602 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Great Falls arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Great Falls 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 Cascade County Sheriff's Office, held about 430 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at cascadecountymt.gov/314/Inmate-Roster, phone 406-454-6820. The Great Falls inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Great Falls on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Great Falls
Whether a warrant is out from Great Falls shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at (406) 604-7796, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office at cascadecountymt.gov/314/Inmate-Roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Cascade County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Great Falls
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Great Falls that means appearing before the Cascade County District Court or the Justice Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of District Court.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court is handled by that court, not by the Cascade County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Great Falls?
Not from the Cascade County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of District Court at (406) 604-7796.
Who serves warrants in Great Falls?
The agency that reports for Great Falls inside the city and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Montana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Great Falls held?
At the county jail, run by the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Great Falls 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 District Court at (406) 604-7796.
Is this the official Great Falls 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.