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.
Garfield County, Washington, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Garfield County comes from a judge of the Garfield 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: Garfield County public records, Garfield County arrest records, Garfield County inmate search, Garfield County criminal records, Garfield County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Garfield County
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Garfield County that means the Garfield 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/272.html (page title: Washington State Courts | Court Directory), phone 509-843-3731, 789 Main Street Pomeroy, WA 99347, 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 Garfield County
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office serves warrants in Garfield County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Garfield County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office reported 59 arrests to the FBI for 2024; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Garfield County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Garfield 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 Garfield County Sheriff's Office, held about 14 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at garfieldcountywa.gov/sheriff, phone (509) 843-3494. The Garfield County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Garfield 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 Garfield County
Whether a warrant is out from Garfield County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 509-843-3731, 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 one Garfield County page SearchSystems verified, the court's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Garfield County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Garfield County that means appearing before the Garfield 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 Garfield County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Garfield County?
Not from the Garfield 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 509-843-3731.
Who serves warrants in Garfield County?
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Washington warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Garfield County held?
At the county jail, run by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Garfield 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 County Clerk at 509-843-3731.
Is this the official Garfield 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.