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.
Washington County, Nebraska, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Washington County comes from a judge of the Washington 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: Washington County public records, Washington County arrest records, Washington County inmate search, Washington County criminal records, Washington County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Washington County
In Nebraska an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Washington County that means the Washington 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.
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 the District Court keeps that file.
For Washington County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/washington-county-court (page title: Washington County Court | Nebraska Judicial Branch), phone 402-426-6833, 1555 Colfax Street Blair NE 68008, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Court, not to the Washington 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 Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Blair serve warrants in Washington County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Washington County: the State Patrol in Washington County (state police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Washington 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.
Together, the two agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 343 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Washington County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Washington 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office, held about 8 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at washcountysheriff.org/the-justice-center, phone 402-426-6868. The Washington County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Washington 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 Washington County
Whether a warrant is out from Washington County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at 402-426-6833, 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) 426-6811, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Washington 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 Washington County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Washington County that means appearing before the Washington 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 Washington County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at washingtoncountyne.gov/attorney, phone (402) 426-6811.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Washington County?
Not from the Washington 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 402-426-6833.
Who serves warrants in Washington County?
The Washington 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 Washington County held?
At the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Washington 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 402-426-6833.
Is this the official Washington 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.