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.
The Colony, Texas, in Denton County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for The Colony comes from a judge of the Denton 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: The Colony public records, Denton County warrants, The Colony arrest records, The Colony criminal records, The Colony court records, The Colony police reports, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in The Colony
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For The Colony that means the Denton 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.
For Denton County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at dentoncounty.gov/920/Judicial-Law-Enforcement-Records-Search (page title: Judicial & Law Enforcement Records Search | Denton County, TX), 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 The Colony
The Denton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for The Colony (filed by the FBI as The Colony Police Department) serve warrants in and around The Colony.
The FBI's agency list also places 12 other agencies and two campus police departments in Denton County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Celina Police Department, the Prosper Police Department, the Plano Police Department and five more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Denton County, so their arrests are not broken out for Denton County here.
A warrant issued in Denton 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 25 agencies in Denton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,466 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in The Colony arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from The Colony 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 Denton County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,220 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in The Colony on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in The Colony
The places to check for a warrant from The Colony:
- The court file of the case, through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 940-349-2600, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Denton County pages SearchSystems verified (the court'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 The Colony
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from The Colony 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 Denton County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at dentoncounty.gov/223/District-Attorney, phone 940-349-2600.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in The Colony?
Not from the Denton 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.
Who serves warrants in The Colony?
The agency that reports for The Colony inside the city and the Denton 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 The Colony held?
At the county jail, run by the Denton County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from The Colony 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 The Colony 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.