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.
Yakima County, Washington, has about 259,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Yakima County comes from a judge of the Yakima 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: Yakima County public records, Yakima County arrest records, Yakima County inmate search, Yakima County criminal records, Yakima County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Yakima County
In Washington an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Yakima County that means the Yakima 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 yakimacounty.us/439/Find-My-Court-Date (page title: Find My Court Date | Yakima County, WA), phone 509-574-1804, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 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 Yakima County
The Yakima County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Yakima, Sunnyside, Grandview, Toppenish, Selah, Union Gap and six more cities serve warrants in Yakima County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Yakima County is whichever one finds the person; a Washington warrant is valid across Washington.
Together, the ten agencies in Yakima County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,323 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Yakima County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Yakima 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 Yakima County Sheriff's Office, held about 580 people on an average day in 2024 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at yakimacounty.us/1891/Jail-Records. The Yakima County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Yakima 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 Yakima County
Whether a warrant is out from Yakima County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the County Clerk at 509-574-1804, 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.
Not one of the Yakima County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's and the court'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 Yakima County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Yakima County starts with the County Clerk at 509-574-1804: 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 Yakima County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Yakima County?
Not from the Yakima 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 509-574-1804.
Who serves warrants in Yakima County?
The Yakima 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 Yakima County held?
At the county jail, run by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Yakima 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 509-574-1804.
Is this the official Yakima 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.