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.
Duval County, Texas, has about 9,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Duval County comes from a judge of the Duval 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: Duval County public records, Duval County arrest records, Duval County inmate search, Duval County criminal records, Duval County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Duval County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Duval County that means the Duval 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.duval.tx.us/page/duval.DistrictCourtDockets (page title: Duval County, Texas), 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 Duval County
The Duval County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for San Diego, Freer and Benavides serve warrants in Duval County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Duval County: the Duval County Constable's Precinct 1 (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Duval 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 Duval County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,362 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Duval County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Duval 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 Duval County Sheriff's Office, held about 26 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.duval.tx.us/page/duval.Sheriff, phone (361) 279-6209. The Duval County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Duval 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 Duval County
The places to check for a warrant from Duval County:
- 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 (361) 279-6220, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Duval County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court'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 Duval County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Duval County 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 Duval County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.duval.tx.us/page/duval.District.Attorney, phone (361) 279-6220.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Duval County?
Not from the Duval 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 Duval County?
The Duval 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 Duval County held?
At the county jail, run by the Duval County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Duval 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 Duval 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.