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.
Lubbock County, Texas, has about 327,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lubbock County comes from a judge of the Lubbock 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: Lubbock County public records, Lubbock County arrest records, Lubbock County inmate search, Lubbock County police reports, Lubbock County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lubbock County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lubbock County that means the Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
The Lubbock County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lubbock, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater, Idalou, Ransom Canyon and one more cities serve warrants in Lubbock County.
The FBI's agency list also places seven other agencies and two campus police departments in Lubbock County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The Abernathy Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lubbock County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lubbock County here.
A warrant issued in Lubbock 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 six agencies in Lubbock County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,703 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lubbock County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lubbock 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 Lubbock County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,270 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 lubbocksheriff.com/active-jail-roster, phone (806) 775-7009. The Lubbock County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
Whether a warrant is out from Lubbock County shows in two places:
- The District Attorney, phone (806) 775-1100, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office at lubbocksheriff.com/active-jail-roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lubbock County that means appearing before the Lubbock 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 Lubbock County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lubbockcounty.gov, phone (806) 775-1100.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lubbock County?
Not from the Lubbock 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 Lubbock County?
The Lubbock 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 Lubbock County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lubbock 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 Lubbock 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.