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 4, 2026.
Big Horn County, Montana, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Big Horn County comes from a judge of the Big Horn 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 Big Horn County
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Big Horn County that means the Big Horn 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 Big Horn County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at bighorncountymt.gov/172/Justice-Court (page title: Justice Court | Big Horn County, MT), phone 800-666-6899, 121 W 3rd Street Room Number 210 Hardin, MT 59034, Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Court, not to the Big Horn County District Court.
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 Big Horn County
The Big Horn County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hardin serve warrants in Big Horn County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Big Horn County is whichever one finds the person; an Montana warrant is valid across Montana.
Together, the two agencies in Big Horn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 454 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Big Horn County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Big Horn 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 Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, held about 34 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at bighorncountymt.gov/176/Sheriff, phone 406-665-9802. The Big Horn County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County
The places to check for a warrant from Big Horn County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at 800-666-6899, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (406) 665-9720, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Big Horn County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Big Horn County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Big Horn County starts with the Clerk of District Court at 800-666-6899: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court is handled by that court, not by the Big Horn County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at bighorncountymt.gov/163/County-Attorney, phone (406) 665-9720.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Big Horn County?
Not from the Big Horn 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 800-666-6899.
Who serves warrants in Big Horn County?
The Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Montana warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Big Horn County held?
At the county jail, run by the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Big Horn 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 District Court at 800-666-6899.
Is this the official Big Horn 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.