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.
Silver City, New Mexico, in Grant County, has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Silver City comes from a judge of the District Court for Grant 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: Silver City public records, Grant County warrants, Silver City arrest records, Silver City inmate search, Silver City property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Silver City
In New Mexico an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Silver City that means the District Court for Grant 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.
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.
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Silver City
The Grant County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Silver City (filed by the FBI as Silver City Police Department) serve warrants in and around Silver City.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Grant County: Western New Mexico University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Grant County is whichever one finds the person; an New Mexico warrant is valid across New Mexico.
Together, the three agencies in Grant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 136 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Silver City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Silver City 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 Grant County Sheriff's Office, held about 80 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at grantcountynm.gov/166/Corrections. The Silver City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Silver City on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Silver City
The places to check for a warrant from Silver City:
- 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 (575) 388-1941, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Grant County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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.
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 Silver City
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Silver City 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 Grant County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at 6thda.com/meet-the-d-a-s-office, phone (575) 388-1941.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Silver City?
Not from the Grant 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 Silver City?
The agency that reports for Silver City inside the city and the Grant 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 Silver City held?
At the county jail, run by the Grant County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Silver City 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 Silver City 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.