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 27, 2026.
Lincoln County, Wyoming, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Lincoln County comes from a judge of the District Court for Lincoln 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: Lincoln County public records, Lincoln County arrest records, Lincoln County inmate search, Lincoln County criminal records, Lincoln County court records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Lincoln County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Lincoln County that means the District Court for Lincoln 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.
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 District Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lincolncountywy.gov/government/clerk_of_district_court/index.php (page title: Lincoln County, Wyoming), phone (307)877-9056, 925 Sage Avenue, Kemmerer, WY 83101, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 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 Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Kemmerer, Afton, Diamondville, Cokeville and La Barge serve warrants in Lincoln County.
The agency that serves a warrant from Lincoln County is whichever one finds the person; a Wyoming warrant is valid across Wyoming.
Together, the five agencies in Lincoln County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,296 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 55 people on an average day in 2024 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
Whether a warrant is out from Lincoln County shows in two places:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at (307)877-9056, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (307)877-9056, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Lincoln County that means appearing before the District Court for Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lincolncountywy.gov, phone (307)877-9056.
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. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of District Court at (307)877-9056.
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 Wyoming 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 District Court at (307)877-9056.
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.