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.
Moab, Utah, in Grand County, has about 5,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Moab comes from a judge of the District Court for Grand 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: Moab public records, Grand County warrants, Moab arrest records, Moab inmate search, Moab criminal records, Moab court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Moab
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Moab that means the District Court for Grand 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.
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 clerk of court keeps that file.
For Grand County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at grandcountyutah.net/584/Justice-Court (page title: Justice Court | Grand County, UT), phone 435-259-1334, 125 E Center Street Moab, UT 84532, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the District Court for Grand County.
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange are free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
Who Serves Warrants in Moab
The Grand County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Moab (filed by the FBI as Moab Police Department) serve warrants in and around Moab.
The agency that serves a warrant from Grand County is whichever one finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid across Utah.
Together, the two agencies in Grand County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 522 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Moab arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Moab 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 Grand County Sheriff's Office, held about 20 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at grandcountyutah.net/947/Jail-Inmate-List. The Moab inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Moab on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Moab
Whether a warrant is out from Moab shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at 435-259-1334, 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, phone 435-259-1324, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Grand County Sheriff's Office at grandcountyutah.net/947/Jail-Inmate-List, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Grand 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 Moab
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Moab starts with the clerk of court at 435-259-1334: 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 Grand County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at grandcountyutah.net/506/Attorney, phone 435-259-1324.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Grand County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Grand County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Grand 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 Moab?
Not from the Grand 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 435-259-1334.
Who serves warrants in Moab?
The agency that reports for Moab inside the city and the Grand 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 Moab held?
At the county jail, run by the Grand County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Moab 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 435-259-1334.
Is this the official Moab 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.