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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Big Horn County, Wyoming, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Big Horn County comes from a judge of the District Court for Big Horn 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.
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Who Issues Warrants in Big Horn County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Big Horn County that means the District Court for Big Horn 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/961 (page title: Collection: Guide to the Big Horn County District Court Records | ArchivesSpace Public Interface), phone (307) 777-7826, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Big Horn County
The Big Horn County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lovell, Greybull and Basin serve warrants in Big Horn County.
A warrant issued in Big Horn 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 three agencies in Big Horn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,356 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Big Horn County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Big Horn 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 Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, held about 50 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at bighorncountywysheriff.com/inmate-search. The Big Horn County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County
Whether a warrant is out from Big Horn County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (307) 568-2436, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office at bighorncountywysheriff.com/inmate-search, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Big Horn County pages SearchSystems verified (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.
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 Big Horn County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Big Horn County that means appearing before the District Court for Big Horn 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 Big Horn County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at bighorncountywy.gov/departments/attorney, phone (307) 568-2436.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Big Horn County?
Not from the Big Horn County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826.
Who serves warrants in Big Horn County?
The Big Horn 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 Big Horn County held?
At the county jail, run by the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Big Horn 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 at (307) 777-7826.
Is this the official Big Horn 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.