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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Cedar City, Utah, in Iron County, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Cedar City comes from a judge of the District Court for Iron County or the 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Cedar City public records, Iron County warrants, Cedar City arrest records, Cedar City inmate search, Cedar City criminal records, Cedar City court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Cedar City
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Cedar City that means the District Court for Iron County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and class A misdemeanors; the Justice Courts, which take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
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 clerk of court.
For Iron County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ironcountyut.gov/justice-court (page title: Iron County), phone 435-865-5335, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange are free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
Who Serves Warrants in Cedar City
The Iron County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cedar City (filed by the FBI as Cedar City Police Department) serve warrants in and around Cedar City.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Iron County: Southern Utah University (campus police); Iron, Garfield, Beaver Task Force (other agency); each serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Iron County is good anywhere in Utah, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Iron County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Cedar City arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Cedar City 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 Iron County Sheriff's Office, held about 140 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at ironsheriffut.gov/jail/inmate-bookings. The Cedar City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Cedar City on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Cedar City
Whether a warrant is out from Cedar City shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at 435-865-5335, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- MyCase and Xchange, free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Iron County Sheriff's Office at ironsheriffut.gov/jail/inmate-bookings, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Iron 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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is not open to the public in Utah, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Cedar City
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Cedar City starts with the clerk of court at 435-865-5335: 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 Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Iron County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at ironcountyut.gov/attorney/prosecution-policy.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Iron County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Iron County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Iron County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Results, Utah Warrants Search (warrants.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Cedar City?
Not from the Iron County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of court at 435-865-5335.
Who serves warrants in Cedar City?
The agency that reports for Cedar City inside the city and the Iron County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Cedar City held?
At the county jail, run by the Iron County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Cedar City 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 clerk of court at 435-865-5335.
Is this the official Cedar City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.