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.
Glacier County, Montana, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Glacier County comes from a judge of the Glacier 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 Glacier County
In Montana an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Glacier County that means the Glacier 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 Glacier County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at glaciercountymt.gov/departments/clerk-of-district-court (page title: Glacier County Montana | Clerk of District Court), phone (406) 899-7109, Monday Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.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 Glacier County
The Glacier County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cut Bank serve warrants in Glacier County.
A warrant issued in Glacier 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 Glacier County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 362 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Glacier County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Glacier 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 Glacier County Sheriff's Office, held about 8 people on an average day in 2020 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at glaciercountymt.gov/category/jail-roster. The Glacier County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Glacier 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 Glacier County
The places to check for a warrant from Glacier County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at (406) 899-7109, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The custody page of the Glacier County Sheriff's Office at glaciercountymt.gov/category/jail-roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Glacier County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the records request page) 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 Glacier County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Glacier County starts with the Clerk of District Court at (406) 899-7109: 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 Glacier County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Glacier County?
Not from the Glacier 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) 899-7109.
Who serves warrants in Glacier County?
The Glacier 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 Glacier County held?
At the county jail, run by the Glacier County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Glacier 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) 899-7109.
Is this the official Glacier 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.