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 26, 2026.
Deming, New Mexico, in Luna County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Deming comes from a judge of the District Court for Luna County or the Magistrate 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: Deming public records, Luna County warrants, Deming arrest records, Deming inmate search, Deming police reports, Deming property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Deming
In New Mexico an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Deming that means the District Court for Luna County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Magistrate Court issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a 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 the District Court.
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Deming
The Luna County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Deming (filed by the FBI as Deming Police Department) serve warrants in and around Deming.
The agency that serves a warrant from Luna County is whichever one finds the person; an New Mexico warrant is valid across New Mexico.
Together, the two agencies in Luna County with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,516 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Deming arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Deming 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 Luna County Sheriff's Office, held about 380 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at lunacounty.gov/departments/sheriff_s_department/index.php, phone 575-546-2655. The Deming inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Deming on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Deming
The place to check for a warrant from Deming is New Mexico Courts Case Lookup, the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Luna County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is not open to the public in New Mexico, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Deming
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Deming starts with the Clerk of the 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 Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Luna County.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Deming?
Not from the Luna County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of the District Court.
Who serves warrants in Deming?
The agency that reports for Deming inside the city and the Luna County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an New Mexico warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Deming held?
At the county jail, run by the Luna County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Deming 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.
Is this the official Deming website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.