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 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lincoln County, Wisconsin, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lincoln County comes from a judge of the Lincoln County Circuit 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: Lincoln County public records, Lincoln County arrest records, Lincoln County inmate search, Lincoln County criminal records, Lincoln County court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lincoln County
In Wisconsin an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lincoln County that means the Lincoln County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case. 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 Clerk of Circuit Court.
For Lincoln County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at co.lincoln.wi.us/clerk-courts/page/criminal (page title: Criminal | Lincoln County, WI), phone 715-536-0319, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Who Serves Warrants in Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Merrill and Tomahawk serve warrants in Lincoln County.
A warrant issued in Lincoln County is good anywhere in Wisconsin, 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 Lincoln County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,220 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Lincoln County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, held about 85 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at p2c.lincolnsheriff.org/jailinmates.aspx. The Lincoln County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
The place to check for a warrant from Lincoln County is Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the free statewide case search of every circuit court, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
The one Lincoln County page SearchSystems verified, the sheriff's, is not a list of open warrants.
Clearing a Warrant from Lincoln County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lincoln County that means appearing before the Lincoln County Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Lincoln County?
Not from the Lincoln County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of Circuit Court.
Who serves warrants in Lincoln County?
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Wisconsin warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Lincoln County held?
At the county jail, run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Lincoln 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 Clerk of Circuit Court.
Is this the official Lincoln 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.