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 October 4, 2026.
Pasco, Washington, in Franklin County, has about 82,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pasco comes from a judge of the Franklin 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Pasco public records, Franklin County warrants, Pasco arrest records, Pasco inmate search, Pasco criminal records, Pasco court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Pasco
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pasco that means the Franklin 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/271.html (page title: Washington State Courts | Court Directory), phone 509-736-3071, 1016 N 4th Ave Pasco, WA 99301-3706, 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 Pasco
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Pasco (filed by the FBI as Pasco Police Department) serve warrants in and around Pasco.
A warrant issued in Franklin County is good anywhere in Washington, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Together, the three agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,536 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pasco arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pasco 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office, held about 120 people on an average day in 2021 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jail.co.franklin.wa.us/InmateList/currentinmatelist.html. The Pasco inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Pasco on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Pasco
The places to check for a warrant from Pasco:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 509-736-3071, 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 509-545-3543, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at jail.co.franklin.wa.us, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Franklin County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the prosecutor's) 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 Pasco
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Pasco that means appearing before the Franklin 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 Franklin County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at franklincountywa.gov/prosecutor, phone 509-545-3543.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Pasco?
Not from the Franklin 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 509-736-3071.
Who serves warrants in Pasco?
The agency that reports for Pasco inside the city and the Franklin 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 Pasco held?
At the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Pasco 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 509-736-3071.
Is this the official Pasco 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.