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.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota, has about 209,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Minnehaha County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County, 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 Minnehaha County
In South Dakota an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Minnehaha County that means the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, with magistrate judges taking misdemeanors, traffic and small claims.
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 Courts keeps that file.
For Minnehaha County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at minnehahacounty.gov/search/search.php?q=court+records (page title: Search Results | Minnehaha County, SD Official Website), 415 N. Dakota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Public Access Record Search is the South Dakota courts' statewide search, with a fee per name.
Who Serves Warrants in Minnehaha County
The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Sioux Falls and Brandon serve warrants in Minnehaha County.
A warrant issued in Minnehaha County is good anywhere in South Dakota, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Minnehaha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,316 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Minnehaha County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, held about 290 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at web.minnehahacounty.gov/dept/so/jailInmateInfo/browseJailInmate.php, phone 605-367-4321. The Minnehaha County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
Whether a warrant is out from Minnehaha County shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of Courts, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- UJS Public Access Record Search, the South Dakota courts' statewide search, with a fee per name, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The State's Attorney, phone (605) 367-4226, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office at web.minnehahacounty.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Minnehaha 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 South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is not open to the public in South Dakota, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Minnehaha County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Minnehaha County starts with the Clerk of Courts: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State's Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at minnehahacounty.gov/dept/sa/sa.php, phone (605) 367-4226.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Minnehaha County?
Not from the Minnehaha County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. UJS Public Access Record Search is the South Dakota courts' statewide search, with a fee per name, 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 Courts.
Who serves warrants in Minnehaha County?
The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; an South Dakota warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Minnehaha County held?
At the county jail, run by the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Minnehaha 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 Courts.
Is this the official Minnehaha 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.