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 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lyon County, Nevada, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lyon County comes from a judge of the District Court for Lyon 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.
Related guides: Lyon County public records, Lyon County arrest records, Lyon County criminal records, Lyon County court records, Lyon County police reports, Nevada arrest records and Nevada inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lyon County
In Nevada an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lyon County that means the District Court for Lyon 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.
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 County Clerk keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nvcourts.gov/find_a_court/district_courts/lyon_county_clerk_s_office (page title: Lyon County Clerk's Office | Nevada Judiciary), phone (775) 463-6503, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Lyon County
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Yerington serve warrants in Lyon County.
A warrant issued in Lyon County is good anywhere in Nevada, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the two agencies in Lyon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,381 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lyon County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lyon 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 Lyon County Sheriff's Office, held about 92 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Lyon 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 Lyon County
The place to check for a warrant from Lyon County is the District Attorney, phone (775) 463-6511, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
The one Lyon County page SearchSystems verified, the prosecutor's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 Lyon County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lyon County that means appearing before the District Court for Lyon County or the Justice Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the County Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Lyon County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lyon-county.org/231/District-Attorney, phone (775) 463-6511.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lyon County?
Not from the Lyon County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the County Clerk.
Who serves warrants in Lyon County?
The Lyon 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 Lyon County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lyon 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.
Is this the official Lyon 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.