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.
Lamb County, Texas, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lamb County comes from a judge of the Lamb 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: Lamb County public records, Lamb County arrest records, Lamb County inmate search, Lamb County police reports, Lamb County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lamb County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lamb County that means the Lamb 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.
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 Lamb County
The Lamb County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Littlefield, Olton and Sudan serve warrants in Lamb County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lamb County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the three agencies in Lamb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 145 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lamb County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lamb 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 Lamb County Sheriff's Office, held about 41 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.lamb.tx.us/page/sheriff, phone (806) 385-7900. The Lamb County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lamb 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 Lamb County
The one Lamb County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Lamb County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lamb County that means appearing before the Lamb 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 Lamb County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves warrants in Lamb County?
The Lamb 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 Lamb County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lamb County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lamb 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 Lamb 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.