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 28, 2026.
Waxahachie, Texas, in Ellis County, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Waxahachie comes from a judge of the Ellis 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: Waxahachie public records, Ellis County warrants, Waxahachie arrest records, Waxahachie inmate search, Waxahachie property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Waxahachie
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Waxahachie that means the Ellis 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 Waxahachie
The Ellis County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Waxahachie (filed by the FBI as Waxahachie Police Department) serve warrants in and around Waxahachie.
The FBI's agency list also places seven other agencies in Ellis County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Glenn Heights Police Department, the Cedar Hill Police Department, the Venus Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Ellis County, so their arrests are not broken out for Ellis County here.
A warrant issued in Ellis 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 13 agencies in Ellis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,541 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Waxahachie arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Waxahachie 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 Ellis County Sheriff's Office, held about 570 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 elliscountysheriff.com/ecso-content, phone (972) 825-4901. The Waxahachie inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Waxahachie on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Waxahachie
The place to check for a warrant from Waxahachie is the District Attorney, phone 972-825-5035, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Ellis 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 Waxahachie
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Waxahachie 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 Ellis County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at elliscountytx.gov, phone 972-825-5035.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Waxahachie?
Not from the Ellis 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 Waxahachie?
The agency that reports for Waxahachie inside the city and the Ellis 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 Waxahachie held?
At the county jail, run by the Ellis County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie 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.