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.
Pend Oreille County, Washington, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Pend Oreille County comes from a judge of the Pend Oreille 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: Pend Oreille County public records, Pend Oreille County arrest records, Pend Oreille County inmate search, Pend Oreille County criminal records, Pend Oreille County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Pend Oreille County
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Pend Oreille County that means the Pend Oreille 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 pendoreille.gov/superior-court-clerk/page/court-records-forms-and-f... (page title: Court Records, Forms and Fee Schedule | Pend Oreille County WA), phone (509) 447-2435, Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, 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 Pend Oreille County
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Newport serve warrants in Pend Oreille County.
A warrant issued in Pend Oreille 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 two agencies in Pend Oreille County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 166 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Pend Oreille County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office, held about 20 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at pendoreille.gov/sheriff/page/pend-oreille-county-corrections, phone (509) 447-3151. The Pend Oreille County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County
Whether a warrant is out from Pend Oreille County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at (509) 447-2435, 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) 447-4414, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Pend Oreille County starts with the County Clerk at (509) 447-2435: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Pend Oreille County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at pendoreille.gov/prosecutors-office, phone (509) 447-4414.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Pend Oreille County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Pend Oreille County and Washington. These wanted and warrant pages from its Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County?
Not from the Pend Oreille 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) 447-2435.
Who serves warrants in Pend Oreille County?
The Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County held?
At the county jail, run by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Pend Oreille 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) 447-2435.
Is this the official Pend Oreille 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.