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 on October 2, 2026.
Albany County, Wyoming, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Albany County comes from a judge of the District Court for Albany County or the 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: Albany County public records, Albany County arrest records, Albany County inmate search, Albany County police reports, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Albany County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Albany County that means the District Court for Albany County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Circuit Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, 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 Clerk of District Court keeps that file.
Wyoming has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Albany County
The Albany County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Laramie serve warrants in Albany County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Albany County: the University of Wyoming (campus police); it serves warrants on its own ground.
A warrant issued in Albany County is good anywhere in Wyoming, 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 Albany County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,102 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Albany County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Albany 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 Albany County Sheriff's Office, held about 43 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at albanycountywy.gov/212/Sheriff, phone 307-755-3520. The Albany County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Albany 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 Albany County
The place to check for a warrant from Albany County is the County Attorney, phone 307-721-2552, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Albany County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff'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.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not open to the public in Wyoming, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Albany County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Albany County that means appearing before the District Court for Albany County or the Circuit Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Clerk of District Court.
A missed date in a case before the Circuit Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Albany County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at albanycountywy.gov/194/Attorney, phone 307-721-2552.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Albany County?
Not from the Albany County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court that issued it keeps the record; ask the Clerk of District Court.
Who serves warrants in Albany County?
The Albany County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Wyoming warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Albany County held?
At the county jail, run by the Albany County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Albany 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 District Court.
Is this the official Albany 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.