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 25, 2026.
Richardson, Texas, in Dallas County, has about 118,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Richardson comes from a judge of the Dallas 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: Richardson public records, Dallas County warrants, Richardson arrest records, Richardson inmate search, Richardson police reports, Richardson property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Richardson
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Richardson that means the Dallas 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.
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 Richardson
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Richardson (filed by the FBI as Richardson Police Department) serve warrants in and around Richardson.
The FBI's agency list also places seven campus police departments and 13 other agencies in Dallas County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Ovilla Police Department, the Ferris Police Department, the Lewisville Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dallas County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dallas County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Dallas County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the 24 agencies in Dallas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56,729 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Richardson arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Richardson 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 Dallas County Sheriff's Office, held about 7,110 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at dallascounty.org/departments/sheriff/inmate-information, phone (214) 749-8641. The Richardson inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Richardson on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Richardson
The places to check for a warrant from Richardson:
- The District Attorney, phone (214) 653-3600, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office at dallascounty.org, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Dallas County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) 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 Richardson
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Richardson starts with the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases: 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 Dallas County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at dallascounty.org/government/district-attorney, phone (214) 653-3600.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Richardson?
Not from the Dallas County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases.
Who serves warrants in Richardson?
The agency that reports for Richardson inside the city and the Dallas 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 Richardson held?
At the county jail, run by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Richardson 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.
Is this the official Richardson 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.