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.
Garfield County, Montana, has about 1,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Garfield County comes from a judge of the Garfield 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: Garfield County public records, Garfield County arrest records, Garfield County inmate search, Garfield County criminal records, Garfield County court records, Montana arrest records and Montana inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Garfield County
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Garfield County that means the Garfield 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 Garfield 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 Garfield County
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Garfield County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Garfield County is whichever one finds the person; an Montana warrant is valid across Montana.
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office reported 1 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Garfield County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Garfield 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 Garfield County Sheriff's Office, held about 1 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at garfieldcountymt.gov/deputy-sheriff-position, phone (406) 557-2760. The Garfield County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Garfield 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 Garfield County
The place to check for a warrant from Garfield County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Garfield 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 Garfield County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Garfield County starts with the Clerk of District Court: 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 Garfield County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Garfield County?
Not from the Garfield 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 Garfield County?
The Garfield 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 Garfield County held?
At the county jail, run by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Garfield 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 Garfield 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.