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.
Dallam County, Texas, has about 7,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dallam County comes from a judge of the Dallam 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: Dallam County public records, Dallam County arrest records, Dallam County inmate search, Dallam County police reports, Dallam County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dallam County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dallam County that means the Dallam 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 Dallam County
The Dallam County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dalhart serve warrants in Dallam County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Dallam County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the two agencies in Dallam County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 48 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dallam County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dallam County 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 Dallam County Sheriff's Office, held about 20 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 dallam.org/county/sheriff.shtml, phone (806) 244-2313. The Dallam County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dallam County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Dallam County
The one Dallam County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Dallam County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Dallam County that means appearing before the Dallam 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 Dallam County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Dallam County?
The Dallam County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Texas warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Dallam County held?
At the county jail, run by the Dallam County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dallam County 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 Dallam County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.