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.
Grimes County, Texas, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Grimes County comes from a judge of the Grimes 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: Grimes County public records, Grimes County arrest records, Grimes County criminal records, Grimes County court records, Grimes County police reports, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Grimes County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Grimes County that means the Grimes 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.
For Grimes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at grimescountytexas.gov/index.asp (page title: County Court Records Online | County Clerk | Grimes County, TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Courts and Justice Courts, not to the Grimes County District Court.
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 Grimes County
The Grimes County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Navasota and Todd Mission serve warrants in Grimes County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Grimes County: the Grimes County Constable's Precincts 1 and 2 and Grimes County Constable at Precinct 3 & 4 (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Grimes 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 three agencies in Grimes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 375 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Grimes County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Grimes 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 Grimes County Sheriff's Office, held about 81 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in Grimes 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 Grimes County
Whether a warrant is out from Grimes County shows in two places:
- 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 936-873-2137, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Grimes County pages SearchSystems verified (the court'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 Grimes County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Grimes County that means appearing before the Grimes 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 Grimes County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at grimescountytexas.gov/district-attorney, phone 936-873-2137.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Grimes County?
Not from the Grimes 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 Grimes County?
The Grimes 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 Grimes County held?
At the county jail, run by the Grimes County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Grimes 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 Grimes 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.