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 30, 2026.
Sultan, Washington, in Snohomish County, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sultan comes from a judge of the Snohomish 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: Sultan public records, Snohomish County warrants, Sultan arrest records, Sultan inmate search, Sultan criminal records, Sultan court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sultan
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sultan that means the Snohomish 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.
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 County Clerk keeps that file.
For Snohomish County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at snohomishcountywa.gov/5508/Access-Court-Records (page title: Court Records | Snohomish County, WA), phone 425-388-3466, 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 Sultan
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sultan (filed by the FBI as Sultan Police Department) serve warrants in and around Sultan.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Snohomish County: Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force (other agency); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The Bothell Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Snohomish County, so its arrests are not broken out for Snohomish County here.
The agency that serves a warrant from Snohomish County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the 16 agencies in Snohomish County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,726 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sultan arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sultan 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 Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, held about 520 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at snohomishcountywa.gov/3310/Requesting-Jail-Records, phone 425-388-3526. The Sultan inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Sultan on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Sultan
Whether a warrant is out from Sultan shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 425-388-3466, 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 425-388-3333, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Snohomish 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 Sultan
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Sultan that means appearing before the Snohomish 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 Snohomish County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at snohomishcountywa.gov/202/Prosecutor, phone 425-388-3333.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sultan?
Not from the Snohomish 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 425-388-3466.
Who serves warrants in Sultan?
The agency that reports for Sultan inside the city and the Snohomish 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 Sultan held?
At the county jail, run by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sultan 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 425-388-3466.
Is this the official Sultan 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.