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 September 24, 2026.
Sweetwater County, Wyoming, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Sweetwater County comes from a judge of the District Court for Sweetwater 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: Sweetwater County public records, Sweetwater County arrest records, Sweetwater County inmate search, Sweetwater County criminal records, Sweetwater County court records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Sweetwater County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Sweetwater County that means the District Court for Sweetwater 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 sweetwatercountywy.gov/departments/clerk_of_district_court/index.php (page title: Sweetwater County, WY), phone 307-872-3820, 80 W. Flaming Gorge Way, Suite 255 Green River, WY 82935, 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 Sweetwater County
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Rock Springs and Green River serve warrants in Sweetwater County.
A warrant issued in Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 822 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Sweetwater County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, held about 81 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at sweetwatercountywy.gov/departments/sheriff/detention.php, phone (307) 352-4911. The Sweetwater County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
The places to check for a warrant from Sweetwater County:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at 307-872-3820, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The County Attorney, phone (307) 922-5260, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Sweetwater County starts with the Clerk of District Court at 307-872-3820: 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 Sweetwater County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sweetwatercountywy.gov, phone (307) 922-5260.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Sweetwater County?
Not from the Sweetwater 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 307-872-3820.
Who serves warrants in Sweetwater County?
The Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County held?
At the county jail, run by the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Sweetwater 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 307-872-3820.
Is this the official Sweetwater 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.