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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Moses Lake, Washington, in Grant County, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Moses Lake comes from a judge of the Grant County Superior Court or the District Court, 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: Moses Lake public records, Grant County warrants, Moses Lake arrest records, Moses Lake inmate search, Moses Lake criminal records, Moses Lake court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Moses Lake
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Moses Lake that means the Grant County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $100,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims and civil cases up to $100,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
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 County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/273.html (page title: Washington State Courts | Court Directory), phone 509-754-2011, 2015 Juvenile Court Location: 303 Abel Rd Ephrata, WA 98823-0818, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Moses Lake
The Grant County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Moses Lake (filed by the FBI as Moses Lake Police Department) serve warrants in and around Moses Lake.
The agency that serves a warrant from Grant County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the eight agencies in Grant County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,216 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Moses Lake arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Moses Lake 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 Grant County Sheriff's Office, held about 96 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at grantcountywa.gov/1538/Jail-Inmate-Roster. The Moses Lake inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Moses Lake on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Moses Lake
The places to check for a warrant from Moses Lake:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 509-754-2011, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- Washington Courts Search Case Records, the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, phone 509-754-2017, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Grant County Sheriff's Office at grantcountywa.gov/1538/Jail-Inmate-Roster, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Grant 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.
Clearing a Warrant from Moses Lake
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Moses Lake that means appearing before the Grant County Superior Court or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the County Clerk.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Grant County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountywa.gov/340/Prosecutor, phone 509-754-2017.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Grant County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Grant County and Washington. These wanted and warrant pages from its Grant County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Warrant Search (doc.wa.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Moses Lake?
Not from the Grant County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, 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 County Clerk at 509-754-2011.
Who serves warrants in Moses Lake?
The agency that reports for Moses Lake inside the city and the Grant County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Moses Lake held?
At the county jail, run by the Grant County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Moses Lake 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 County Clerk at 509-754-2011.
Is this the official Moses Lake 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.