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 on September 23, 2026.
Dawson County, Texas, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Dawson County comes from a judge of the Dawson 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: Dawson County public records, Dawson County arrest records, Dawson County inmate search, Dawson County police reports, Dawson County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Dawson County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Dawson County that means the Dawson 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 Dawson County
The Dawson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lamesa serve warrants in Dawson County.
The O'Donnell Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Dawson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Dawson County here.
A warrant issued in Dawson 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 two agencies in Dawson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 149 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Dawson County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Dawson 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 Dawson County Sheriff's Office, held about 37 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.dawson.tx.us/page/dawsonSheriff, phone 806-872-7560. The Dawson County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Dawson 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 Dawson County
The place to check for a warrant from Dawson County is the District Attorney, phone 806-872-2259, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Dawson County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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 Dawson County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Dawson County that means appearing before the Dawson 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 Dawson County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.dawson.tx.us/page/dawson.district.attorney, phone 806-872-2259.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Dawson County?
Not from the Dawson 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 Dawson County?
The Dawson 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 Dawson County held?
At the county jail, run by the Dawson County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Dawson 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 Dawson 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.