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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Hayes County, Nebraska, has 846 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hayes County comes from a judge of the Hayes 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: Hayes County public records, Hayes County arrest records, Hayes County inmate search, Hayes County criminal records, Hayes County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hayes County
In Nebraska an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hayes County that means the Hayes 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.
For Hayes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/hayes-district-court (page title: Hayes District Court | Nebraska Judicial Branch), phone 308-286-3413, 11 County Hayes 505 Troth Street P.O. Box 370 Hayes Center NE 69032, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Nebraska Trial Court Case Search is the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search.
Who Serves Warrants in Hayes County
The Hayes County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Hayes County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hayes County: the State Patrol in Hayes County (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Hayes County is whichever one finds the person; an Nebraska warrant is valid across Nebraska.
The Hayes 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 Hayes County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hayes 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 Hayes County Sheriff's Office, has a jail page SearchSystems verified at hayescounty.ne.gov/webpages/sheriff/sheriff.html, phone (308) 286-3364. The Hayes County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hayes 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 Hayes County
Whether a warrant is out from Hayes County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at 308-286-3413, 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 (308)286-3486, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hayes 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 Hayes County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Hayes County that means appearing before the Hayes County District Court or the County Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the District Court.
A missed date in a case before the County Court is handled by that court, not by the Hayes County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at hayescounty.ne.gov, phone (308)286-3486.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hayes County?
Not from the Hayes 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 308-286-3413.
Who serves warrants in Hayes County?
The Hayes 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 Hayes County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hayes County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hayes 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 308-286-3413.
Is this the official Hayes 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.