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.
Refugio County, Texas, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Refugio County comes from a judge of the Refugio 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Refugio County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Refugio County that means the Refugio 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.refugio.tx.us/page/refugio.countycourtdockets (page title: County Court Dockets | Refugio County), phone 361-526-2233, 808 Commerce St Refugio, TX 78377, 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 Refugio 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 Refugio County
The Refugio County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Refugio serve warrants in Refugio County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Refugio County: the Refugio County Constable's Precinct 1 and Refugio County Constable at Precinct 2 & 3 (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Refugio 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 two agencies in Refugio County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 250 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Refugio County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Refugio 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 Refugio County Sheriff's Office, held about 32 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.refugio.tx.us/page/refugio.sheriff, phone 361-526-2352. The Refugio County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Refugio 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 Refugio County
Whether a warrant is out from Refugio 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 at 361-526-2233, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, phone 361-275-2612, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Refugio 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 Refugio County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Refugio County that means appearing before the Refugio 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 Refugio County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.refugio.tx.us, phone 361-275-2612.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Refugio County?
Not from the Refugio 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 361-526-2233.
Who serves warrants in Refugio County?
The Refugio 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 Refugio County held?
At the county jail, run by the Refugio County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Refugio 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 361-526-2233.
Is this the official Refugio 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.