Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
San Juan County, Utah, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for San Juan County comes from a judge of the District Court for San Juan 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 and common questions.
Related guides: San Juan County public records, San Juan County arrest records, San Juan County criminal records, San Juan County court records, San Juan County police reports, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in San Juan County
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For San Juan County that means the District Court for San Juan 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 San Juan County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at utcourts.gov/en/self-help/services/juryroom/contact/san-juan.html (page title: San Juan), phone 435-587-2122, 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 San Juan County
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Blanding serve warrants in San Juan County.
A warrant issued in San Juan 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.
Each agency and what it reported is in San Juan County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from San Juan 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 San Juan County Sheriff's Office, held about 88 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count.
A person arrested in San Juan 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 San Juan County
The places to check for a warrant from San Juan County:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at 435-587-2122, 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 one San Juan County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
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 San Juan County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from San Juan County starts with the clerk of court at 435-587-2122: 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 San Juan County.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in San Juan County?
Not from the San Juan 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 435-587-2122.
Who serves warrants in San Juan County?
The San Juan 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 San Juan County held?
At the county jail, run by the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from San Juan 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 at 435-587-2122.
Is this the official San Juan 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.