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 on September 24, 2026.
Fergus County, Montana, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Fergus County comes from a judge of the Fergus 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.
Related guides: Fergus County public records, Fergus County arrest records, Fergus County inmate search, Fergus County criminal records, Fergus County court records, Montana arrest records and Montana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Fergus County
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Fergus County that means the Fergus 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.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Clerk of District Court.
For Fergus County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.mt.gov, 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 Fergus County
The Fergus County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lewistown serve warrants in Fergus County.
A warrant issued in Fergus County is good anywhere in Montana, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the two agencies in Fergus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 208 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Fergus County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Fergus 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 Fergus County Sheriff's Office, held about 11 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at fergusmt.gov/detention-center-roster, phone (406) 535-3415. The Fergus County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Fergus 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 Fergus County
The places to check for a warrant from Fergus County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (406) 535-8127, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Fergus County Sheriff's Office at fergusmt.gov/detention-center-roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Fergus 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 Fergus County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Fergus County that means appearing before the Fergus 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 Fergus County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at fergusmt.gov/departments/county-attorney, phone (406) 535-8127.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Fergus County?
Not from the Fergus 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.
Who serves warrants in Fergus County?
The Fergus 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 Fergus County held?
At the county jail, run by the Fergus County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Fergus 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.
Is this the official Fergus 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.