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.
Houston County, Texas, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Houston County comes from a judge of the Houston 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: Houston County public records, Houston County arrest records, Houston County inmate search, Houston County criminal records, Houston County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Houston County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Houston County that means the Houston 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.houston.tx.us/page/houston.District.Clerk (page title: Houston County, Texas), phone (936) 544-3255, 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 Houston County
The Houston County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Crockett and Grapeland serve warrants in Houston County.
The FBI's agency list also places nine other agencies in Houston County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Houston County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the three agencies in Houston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 328 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Houston County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Houston 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 Houston County Sheriff's Office, held about 110 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 co.houston.tx.us/page/houston.InmateList, phone 866-268-8959. The Houston County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Houston 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 Houston County
Whether a warrant is out from Houston County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases at (936) 544-3255, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 936-544-3255, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Houston County Sheriff's Office at co.houston.tx.us/page/houston.InmateList, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Houston 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 Houston County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Houston County that means appearing before the Houston 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 Houston County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.houston.tx.us, phone 936-544-3255.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Houston County?
Not from the Houston 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 at (936) 544-3255.
Who serves warrants in Houston County?
The Houston 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 Houston County held?
At the county jail, run by the Houston County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Houston 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 at (936) 544-3255.
Is this the official Houston 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.