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.
Ellis County, Texas, has about 232,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Ellis County 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: Ellis County public records, Ellis County arrest records, Ellis County inmate search, Ellis County police reports, Ellis County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Ellis County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Ellis County 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 Ellis County
The Ellis County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Waxahachie, Midlothian, Ennis, Red Oak, Ovilla, Ferris and six more cities serve warrants in Ellis County.
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.
The agency that serves a warrant from Ellis County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
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 Ellis County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Ellis 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 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 Ellis County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Ellis 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 Ellis County
The place to check for a warrant from Ellis County 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 Ellis County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Ellis County that means appearing before the Ellis 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 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 Ellis County?
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 Ellis County?
The Ellis 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 Ellis County held?
At the county jail, run by the Ellis County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Ellis 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 Ellis 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.