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 on September 24, 2026.
Chaves County, New Mexico, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Chaves County comes from a judge of the District Court for Chaves 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: Chaves County public records, Chaves County arrest records, Chaves County criminal records, Chaves County court records, Chaves County police reports, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Chaves County
In New Mexico an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Chaves County that means the District Court for Chaves 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at chavescounty.gov/your-county/departments/clerk-s-office/public-docu... (page title: Public Document Search | Chaves County, NM), phone 575-624-6600, 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 Chaves County
The Chaves County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman and Lake Arthur serve warrants in Chaves County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Chaves County: New Mexico Military Institute (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Chaves County is whichever one finds the person; an New Mexico warrant is valid across New Mexico.
Together, the four agencies in Chaves County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 3,657 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Chaves County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Chaves 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 Chaves County Sheriff's Office, held about 220 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Chaves 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 Chaves County
The places to check for a warrant from Chaves County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the District Court at 575-624-6600, 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.
Not one of the Chaves County pages SearchSystems verified (the court'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 Chaves County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Chaves County that means appearing before the District Court for Chaves 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 Chaves County.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Chaves County?
Not from the Chaves 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 575-624-6600.
Who serves warrants in Chaves County?
The Chaves County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an New Mexico warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Chaves County held?
At the county jail, run by the Chaves County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Chaves 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 575-624-6600.
Is this the official Chaves 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.