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.
Cascade County, Montana, has about 85,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cascade County 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 Cascade County
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cascade County 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is 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 Cascade County
The Cascade County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Great Falls serve warrants in Cascade County.
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 Cascade County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cascade 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 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 Cascade County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cascade 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 Cascade County
The places to check for a warrant from Cascade County:
- 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 Cascade County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Cascade County starts with the Clerk of District Court at (406) 604-7796: 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 Cascade County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cascade County?
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 Cascade County?
The Cascade 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 Cascade County held?
At the county jail, run by the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cascade 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 (406) 604-7796.
Is this the official Cascade 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.