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 2, 2026.
Farmington, New Mexico, in San Juan County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Farmington comes from a judge of the District Court for San Juan 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: Farmington public records, San Juan County warrants, Farmington arrest records, Farmington inmate search, Farmington criminal records, Farmington court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Farmington
In New Mexico an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Farmington that means the District Court for San Juan 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at sjcounty.net/government/county-clerk/about (page title: About | San Juan County, NM), phone (505) 334-4231, 1105 S. St. Francis Drive P.O. Box 26110, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Farmington
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Farmington (filed by the FBI as Farmington Police Department) serve warrants in and around Farmington.
The agency that serves a warrant from San Juan County is whichever one finds the person; an New Mexico warrant is valid across New Mexico.
Together, the four agencies in San Juan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,828 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Farmington arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Farmington 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 San Juan County Sheriff's Office, held about 530 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at sanjuansheriff.org. The Farmington inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Farmington on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Farmington
The places to check for a warrant from Farmington:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at (505) 334-4231, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- 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 District Attorney, phone (505) 599-9810, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the San Juan County Sheriff's Office at sanjuansheriff.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the San Juan County pages SearchSystems verified (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.
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 Farmington
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Farmington that means appearing before the District Court for San Juan County or the Magistrate Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the District Court.
A missed date in a case before the Magistrate Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for San Juan County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at nmdas.com, phone (505) 599-9810.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Farmington?
Not from the San Juan 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 file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the District Court at (505) 334-4231.
Who serves warrants in Farmington?
The agency that reports for Farmington inside the city and the San Juan 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 Farmington held?
At the county jail, run by the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Farmington 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 (505) 334-4231.
Is this the official Farmington 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.