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 October 1, 2026.
Kermit, Texas, in Winkler County, has about 5,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Kermit comes from a judge of the Winkler 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: Kermit public records, Winkler County warrants, Kermit arrest records, Kermit inmate search, Kermit criminal records, Kermit court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Kermit
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Kermit that means the Winkler 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.
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 District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.winkler.tx.us/201/District-Clerk (page title: District Clerk | Winkler County, TX), phone 432-586-3359, 100 East Winkler Street 3rd Floor Kermit, TX 79745, Monday through Thursday 8 am to 5:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 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 Kermit
The Winkler County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kermit (filed by the FBI as Kermit Police Department) serve warrants in and around Kermit.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Winkler County: the Wink-Loving Independent School District (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Winkler County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the three agencies in Winkler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 119 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Kermit arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Kermit 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 Winkler County Sheriff's Office, held about 60 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 co.winkler.tx.us/209/Sheriff. The Kermit inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Kermit on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Kermit
The places to check for a warrant from Kermit:
- The court file of the case, through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at 432-586-3359, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 432-586-3700, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Winkler County pages SearchSystems verified (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 Kermit
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Kermit that means appearing before the Winkler County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases.
A missed date in a case before the County Courts and Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the Winkler County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.winkler.tx.us/200/District-Attorney, phone 432-586-3700.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Kermit?
Not from the Winkler 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 432-586-3359.
Who serves warrants in Kermit?
The agency that reports for Kermit inside the city and the Winkler 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 Kermit held?
At the county jail, run by the Winkler County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Kermit 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 432-586-3359.
Is this the official Kermit 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.