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 30, 2026.
Lander County, Nevada, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lander County comes from a judge of the District Court for Lander County or the Justice 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Lander County
In Nevada an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lander County that means the District Court for Lander County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $15,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Justice Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000, 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 County Clerk.
For Lander County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at landercountynv.org/government/justice_court/index.php (page title: Justice Court), phone (775) 635-5151, 50 State Route 305, Battle Mountain, NV 89820, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Court, not to the District Court for Lander County.
Nevada has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Lander County
The Lander County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Lander County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lander County is whichever one finds the person; an Nevada warrant is valid across Nevada.
The Lander County Sheriff's Office reported 122 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lander County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lander 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 Lander County Sheriff's Office, held about 16 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at landerso.gov, phone 775-635-5161. The Lander County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lander 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 Lander County
The places to check for a warrant from Lander County:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (775) 635-5151, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone (775) 635-5195, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lander 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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division is not open to the public in Nevada, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Lander County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Lander County starts with the County Clerk at (775) 635-5151: 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 Justice Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Lander County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at landercountynv.org, phone (775) 635-5195.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lander County?
Not from the Lander County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the County Clerk at (775) 635-5151.
Who serves warrants in Lander County?
The Lander County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an Nevada warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lander County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lander County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lander 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 County Clerk at (775) 635-5151.
Is this the official Lander 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.