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 24, 2026.
Davis County, Utah, has about 378,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Davis County comes from a judge of the District Court for Davis 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: Davis County public records, Davis County arrest records, Davis County inmate search, Davis County criminal records, Davis County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Davis County
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Davis County that means the District Court for Davis 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects (page title: GovOps | Archives), 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 Davis County
The Davis County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Layton, Bountiful, Syracuse, Clearfield, Kaysville, Farmington and six more cities serve warrants in Davis County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Davis County: Davis Metropolitan Narcotics Strike Force (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Davis 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 12 agencies in Davis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,591 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Davis County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Davis 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 Davis County Sheriff's Office, held about 600 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at daviscountyutah.gov/sheriff/corrections, phone 801-451-4200. The Davis County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Davis 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 Davis County
The places to check for a warrant from Davis County:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court, 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 (801) 444-9161, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Davis 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 Davis County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Davis County starts with the clerk of court: 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 Davis County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at daviscountyutah.gov/attorney, phone (801) 444-9161.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Davis County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Davis County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Davis 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 Davis County?
Not from the Davis 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.
Who serves warrants in Davis County?
The Davis County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Utah warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Davis County held?
At the county jail, run by the Davis County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Davis 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 clerk of court.
Is this the official Davis 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.