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.
El Paso County, Texas, has about 876,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for El Paso County comes from a judge of the El Paso 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: El Paso County public records, El Paso County arrest records, El Paso County inmate search, El Paso County police reports, El Paso County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in El Paso County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For El Paso County that means the El Paso 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 El Paso County
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for El Paso, Socorro, Horizon City, San Elizario, Anthony and Clint serve warrants in El Paso County.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments and two other agencies in El Paso County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in El Paso 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 five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,953 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in El Paso County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from El Paso 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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office, held about 2,240 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at apps.epcountytx.gov/odysseyCrsPublic/JailRecords. The El Paso County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in El Paso 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 El Paso County
Whether a warrant is out from El Paso County shows in two places:
- The District Attorney, phone (915) 212-0033, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at apps.epcountytx.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the El Paso 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 El Paso County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from El Paso 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 El Paso County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at elpasotexas.gov/city-attorney, phone (915) 212-0033.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in El Paso County?
Not from the El Paso 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 El Paso County?
The El Paso 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 El Paso County held?
At the county jail, run by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from El Paso 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 El Paso 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.