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 September 30, 2026.
Butler County, Nebraska, has about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Butler County comes from a judge of the Butler County District Court or the County 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: Butler County public records, Butler County arrest records, Butler County inmate search, Butler County criminal records, Butler County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Butler County
In Nebraska an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Butler County that means the Butler County District Court, which hears felonies, the larger civil cases and divorces; the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, probate, small claims and juvenile matters, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
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 the District Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/butler-county-court (page title: Butler County Court | Nebraska Judicial Branch), phone 402-367-7480, 451 North 5th Street David City NE 68632, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Butler County District Court.
Statewide, Nebraska Trial Court Case Search is the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search.
Who Serves Warrants in Butler County
The Butler County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for David City serve warrants in Butler County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Butler County: the State Patrol in Butler County (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Butler County is good anywhere in Nebraska, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
The Butler County Sheriff's Office reported 151 arrests to the FBI for 2022; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Butler County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Butler 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 Butler County Sheriff's Office, held about 29 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities. The Butler County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Butler 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 Butler County
The places to check for a warrant from Butler County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at 402-367-7480, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Nebraska Trial Court Case Search, the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Attorney, phone 402-367-7470, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Butler County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor'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 Butler County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Butler County starts with the Clerk of the District Court at 402-367-7480: 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 County Court is handled by that court, not by the Butler County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at butlercountyne.gov/attorney-county, phone 402-367-7470.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Butler County?
Not from the Butler County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Nebraska Trial Court Case Search is the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the District Court at 402-367-7480.
Who serves warrants in Butler County?
The Butler County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Nebraska warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Butler County held?
At the county jail, run by the Butler County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Butler 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 the District Court at 402-367-7480.
Is this the official Butler 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.