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 October 9, 2026.
Washington County, Utah, has about 208,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Washington County comes from a judge of the District Court for Washington 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: Washington County public records, Washington County arrest records, Washington County inmate search, Washington County criminal records, Washington County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Washington County
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Washington County that means the District Court for Washington 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 Washington County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at washco.utah.gov/departments/justice-court/court-updates-and-informa... (page title: Court Updates and Information | Washington County of Utah), phone (435) 301-7480, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., 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 Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, La Verkin, Hildale and one more cities serve warrants in Washington County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Washington County: Utah Tech University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Washington County is whichever one finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid across Utah.
Together, the eight agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,404 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Washington County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Washington 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office, held about 400 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at news.washeriff.net/divisions/bookings. The Washington County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Washington 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 Washington County
The places to check for a warrant from Washington County:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at (435) 301-7480, 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) 301-7100, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Washington County Sheriff's Office at news.washeriff.net/divisions/bookings, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Washington 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 Washington County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Washington County that means appearing before the District Court for Washington County or the Justice Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the clerk of court.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Washington County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at washco.utah.gov/departments/attorney, phone (435) 301-7100.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Washington County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Washington County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Washington 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 Washington County?
Not from the Washington 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) 301-7480.
Who serves warrants in Washington County?
The Washington 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 Washington County held?
At the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Washington 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) 301-7480.
Is this the official Washington 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.