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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Granbury, Texas, in Hood County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Granbury comes from a judge of the Hood County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts, 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: Granbury public records, Hood County warrants, Granbury arrest records, Granbury inmate search, Granbury criminal records, Granbury court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Granbury
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Granbury that means the Hood County District Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit; the County Courts and Justice Courts issue their own warrants on the cases before them. 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 District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at hoodcounty.texas.gov/courts/county_clerk/court_records.php (page title: Hood County, TX), phone (817) 579-3222, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Texas has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Granbury
The Hood County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Granbury (filed by the FBI as Granbury Police Department) serve warrants in and around Granbury.
The FBI's agency list also places four other agencies in Hood County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Hood County is good anywhere in Texas, 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 Hood County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,676 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Granbury arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Granbury 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 Hood County Sheriff's Office, held about 170 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at sheriff.hoodcounty.texas.gov. The Granbury inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Granbury on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Granbury
The places to check for a warrant from Granbury:
- The court file of the case, through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at (817) 579-3222, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 817-579-3216, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hood 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Granbury
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Granbury starts with the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at (817) 579-3222: 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 County Courts and Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the Hood County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at hoodcounty.texas.gov, phone 817-579-3216.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Granbury?
Not from the Hood County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at (817) 579-3222.
Who serves warrants in Granbury?
The agency that reports for Granbury inside the city and the Hood County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Granbury held?
At the county jail, run by the Hood County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Granbury 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 District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at (817) 579-3222.
Is this the official Granbury 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.