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 September 28, 2026.
Hot Springs County, Wyoming, has about 4,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Hot Springs County comes from a judge of the District Court for Hot Springs 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: Hot Springs County public records, Hot Springs County arrest records, Hot Springs County inmate search, Hot Springs County criminal records, Hot Springs County court records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Hot Springs County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Hot Springs County that means the District Court for Hot Springs 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.
For Hot Springs County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at hscounty.com/departments/clerk-of-court (page title: Clerk of District Court | Hot Springs County Wyoming), phone 307-864-3323, 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 Hot Springs County
The Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Thermopolis serve warrants in Hot Springs County.
A warrant issued in Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 176 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Hot Springs County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, held about 16 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at hscounty.com/departments/sheriff, phone 307-864-2622. The Hot Springs County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County
The places to check for a warrant from Hot Springs County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at 307-864-3323, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone 307-864-2004, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Hot Springs 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.
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 Hot Springs County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Hot Springs County starts with the Clerk of District Court at 307-864-3323: 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 Circuit Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Hot Springs County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at hscounty.com/departments/attorney, phone 307-864-2004.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Hot Springs County?
Not from the Hot Springs 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 307-864-3323.
Who serves warrants in Hot Springs County?
The Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County held?
At the county jail, run by the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Hot Springs 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 307-864-3323.
Is this the official Hot Springs 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.