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.
Tyler County, Texas, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Tyler County comes from a judge of the Tyler 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: Tyler County public records, Tyler County arrest records, Tyler County inmate search, Tyler County criminal records, Tyler County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Tyler County
In Texas an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Tyler County that means the Tyler 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at search.txcourts.gov/CaseSearch.aspx?coa=coa12&s=c (page title: TAMES Search), 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 Tyler County
The Tyler County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Woodville and Ivanhoe serve warrants in Tyler County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tyler County: the Tyler County Constable's Precincts 4 and 1 and the Warren Independent School District (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Tyler County is whichever one finds the person; a Texas warrant is valid across Texas.
Together, the two agencies in Tyler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 165 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Tyler County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Tyler 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 Tyler County Sheriff's Office, held about 37 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.tyler.tx.us/page/tyler.Sheriff-Jail, phone (409) 283-2172. The Tyler County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Tyler 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 Tyler County
The places to check for a warrant from Tyler County:
- 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 409-283-8136, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Tyler County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, 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 Tyler County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Tyler County starts with the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the County Courts and Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the Tyler County District Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.tyler.tx.us/page/tyler.District.Attorney, phone 409-283-8136.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Tyler County?
Not from the Tyler 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 Tyler County?
The Tyler 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 Tyler County held?
At the county jail, run by the Tyler County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Tyler 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 Tyler 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.