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 24, 2026.
Spokane County, Washington, has about 556,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Spokane County comes from a judge of the Spokane 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: Spokane County public records, Spokane County arrest records, Spokane County inmate search, Spokane County criminal records, Spokane County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Spokane County
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Spokane County that means the Spokane 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/search/index.cfm (page title: Washington State Courts | Search), 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 Spokane County
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Cheney and Airway Heights serve warrants in Spokane County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Spokane County: Eastern Washington University (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Spokane County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the five agencies in Spokane County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,577 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Spokane County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Spokane 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 Spokane County Sheriff's Office, held about 860 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at spokanecounty.gov/359/Booking-Classification, phone 509-477-2278. The Spokane County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Spokane 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 Spokane County
Whether a warrant is out from Spokane County shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk, 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 509-477-3662, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office at spokanecounty.gov/359/Booking-Classification, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Spokane 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 Spokane County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Spokane County starts with the County Clerk: 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 Spokane County Superior Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at spokanecounty.gov/332/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 509-477-3662.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Spokane County?
Not from the Spokane 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.
Who serves warrants in Spokane County?
The Spokane 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 Spokane County held?
At the county jail, run by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Spokane 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.
Is this the official Spokane 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.