Warrant search, with the coverage stated up front
Statewide warrant and most-wanted systems, searchable from one call. Roughly half of US states publish one — so this page names the 26 we cover rather than implying a national search we could not deliver.
A clean warrant result proves less than it looks
Warrants are issued at every level of government, and most levels publish nothing. A statewide system carries what that state chose to publish — frequently felony and most-wanted cases only. County and municipal warrants routinely appear in none of them.
- No match means no match in the systems searched — never that no warrant exists
- 26 states publish a statewide warrant system; the rest publish none
- Every result cites the jurisdiction that issued it, so it can be verified at the source
- Warrant status changes without notice — treat any result as a pointer to the official record
The 26 states with a live warrant system
Each of these also carries county jail rosters, so a warrant search and a custody search can run against the same state in one call.
| State | County jail rosters | Statewide prison system | Court records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 12 | Yes | — |
| Arkansas | 14 | Yes | Yes |
| Colorado | 66 | Yes | Yes |
| Connecticut | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| Idaho | 46 | Yes | — |
| Illinois | 27 | Yes | Yes |
| Iowa | 18 | Yes | Yes |
| Kansas | 16 | Yes | — |
| Louisiana | 15 | — | — |
| Minnesota | 18 | Yes | Yes |
| Mississippi | 21 | Yes | — |
| Nevada | 17 | Yes | Yes |
| New Mexico | 40 | Yes | — |
| North Carolina | 20 | Yes | — |
| North Dakota | 10 | Yes | — |
| Oklahoma | 17 | Yes | Yes |
| Oregon | 38 | Yes | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | Yes | Yes |
| Rhode Island | 1 | Yes | — |
| South Carolina | 23 | Yes | — |
| South Dakota | 21 | Yes | — |
| Tennessee | 16 | Yes | Yes |
| Texas | 65 | Yes | — |
| Utah | 29 | Yes | — |
| Washington | 40 | Yes | Yes |
Warrant search questions
Which states can I search for warrants?
Statewide warrant or most-wanted systems are live for 26 states, listed in full on this page. The remaining states do not publish a statewide warrant system at all, and we would rather name that than let a national-sounding claim imply otherwise.
If nothing comes back, does that mean there is no warrant?
No — and this is the most important limitation on this page. A clean result means no match in the systems we searched, in the states that publish one. Many warrants are issued at county or municipal level and never appear in any statewide system at all. Absence of a warrant record is not evidence that no warrant exists, and it should never be presented to anyone as if it were.
What does a warrant record contain?
Typically the offense, a physical description and the warrant status. Warrant systems are among the sparsest record kinds we carry — they are published to help the public identify someone, not to document a case — so expect fewer identifiers than a court or custody record, and use the citation to reach the issuing jurisdiction.
Is a warrant the same as a criminal record?
No. A warrant is outstanding: someone is sought. It is not a charge that has been tested, and it is certainly not a conviction. The record that says how a matter ended is the court disposition, which is a separate layer and a separate search.