No Confirmed Sheriff Warrant List
No current standalone El Paso County Sheriff's active warrant search page was confirmed in the official sheriff website text reviewed for this build. The Sheriff's services list includes Search for Inmates, Sex Offender Search, Records & Video Request, Ticket Payment Process, Civil Unit, and other services, but it does not confirm a public active warrant roster. That means a warrant page should not tell readers to search an official sheriff warrant database that the research did not verify.
The correct El Paso County warrant search path is a routing task. A bench warrant or failure-to-appear issue may be tied to District Court, County Court, Colorado Springs Municipal Court, Manitou Springs Municipal Court, Monument or Fountain municipal court, or another jurisdiction. An OJW hold may relate to unpaid court fees or fines. If a person has already been arrested on a warrant, the jail roster may be the first visible public clue, but the booking desk remains the verification point.
Important: Do not rely on web data alone before appearing at a court or jail on a possible warrant.
El Paso County Warrant Court Route
For state-court cases, start with Colorado Judicial Branch Docket Search. It can show case activity, hearing dates, court type, division, and party or attorney search results. It is not a real-time warrant confirmation tool, but it can help identify the case that may have produced a bench warrant, failure-to-appear issue, bond event, protection-order violation, or later recall order.
- Read the citation, summons, bond paperwork, or notice for the court name and case number.
- Search Docket Search using El Paso County, District Court or County Court, party name, attorney, case number, and a date filter.
- Request the register of action, ticket, disposition/sentence order, protection order, or related documents through the Record/Document Request Form.
- Contact the Clerk of Court in Room S101 or 04ResearchRequest@judicial.state.co.us if the docket is incomplete or the case status is unclear.
- Speak with an attorney before appearing in person if the search suggests an arrest warrant may be active.
State court records are held at the El Paso County Judicial Building, 270 S. Tejon St. The Clerk of Court records phone for court research is 719-452-5490. Docket Search gives public case information, but the actual warrant, recall, quash, or sentence documents must be requested from the court when access is allowed.
El Paso County OJW Holds
An OJW is an Outstanding Judgment Warrant hold tied to unpaid court fees or fines. In El Paso County, Collections handles OJW and payment hold questions. The official court collections page lists 719-452-5093 for OJW questions between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and gives 04OJWClearance@judicial.state.co.us as the email contact. Payment channels include online, in person in Room S120, by phone, by mail, and by drop box. American Express is not accepted for court card payments, and cash should not be placed in the drop box.
OJW holds can matter because they may affect driver's license status. A court case file shows the ticket, fees, fine, payment status, and court orders. A Colorado DMV motor vehicle record is a separate state driver file, not the court record. The DMV record may show license status, points, convictions reported to DMV, suspensions, revocations, reinstatement requirements, and administrative stops.
The manifest source for driver-record context is the Colorado DMV Motor Vehicle Record page.
That DMV source helps separate a court warrant or OJW hold from the state driver record that may show license consequences.
Colorado Springs Municipal Warrants
Municipal court routing is essential in El Paso County. Colorado Springs Municipal Court uses a vendor payment/search portal for municipal matters. Manitou Springs Municipal Court handles city charter, ordinance, traffic, and criminal violations, but its official page warns that some Manitou police citations are written into El Paso County Combined Courts instead. The ticket controls the venue. A city summons should not be assumed to be a state County Court case.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record Type | Dropdown | Required | Court Case, Summons, Parking Ticket, Photo Enforcement, License Plate. |
| Record Number | Text | Required | May need letters with citation or case number, such as A123456. If a leading zero fails, try without it. |
A municipal bench warrant may not appear in the state Docket Search. Check the city court named on the citation, use the city payment/search fields when available, and call the municipal court if the portal does not resolve the case. For Colorado Springs Municipal Court, the vendor page showed 719-385-5922.
El Paso County Warrant Custody Check
If someone may have been picked up on a warrant, use the El Paso County Sheriff Search for Inmates portal. It accepts last name or booking number. The sheriff states that public search information is not intended for official law-enforcement or criminal-justice use, so the booking desk at 719-390-2151 should verify custody status before action is taken.
| Confirmed Custody Search Field | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Last Name | Searches the current inmate portal by surname. |
| Booking Number | Searches by known booking number when available. |
| Booking Desk Verification | Confirms whether the public search information can be relied on for next steps. |
Custody status is not the same as a public warrant list. A person may be in jail on new charges, a hold from another agency, a remand from court, a transport issue, or a warrant. The court file or sheriff records request may still be needed to understand the legal basis.
El Paso County Warrant Field Inventory
No official El Paso County public warrant listing sample was captured, so public warrant-result fields should not be presented as confirmed. The safer inventory is a request checklist for court or sheriff records. These are the kinds of warrant-related fields a person may ask the court or sheriff to confirm when access is allowed.
| Field or Record Point | Why It Matters | Best Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Connects the warrant or hold to the underlying court file. | Court docket or Clerk of Court request. |
| Defendant name | Identifies the person tied to the case or custody record. | Court, inmate search, sheriff records. |
| Issuing court | Shows whether the matter is District, County, or Municipal Court. | Docket, ticket, summons, municipal court. |
| Warrant type | May identify bench, arrest, failure-to-appear, OJW, or other status. | Court order or sheriff record. |
| Bond or hold status | Shows whether release, payment, or court action may be required. | Jail, court, collections. |
| Recall or quash order | Shows whether a warrant was cancelled or cleared. | Court order request. |
Note: A warrant may be sealed, juvenile, or tied to an investigation, so the custodian may deny access or release only part of a record.
Sheriff Records Request for Warrants
For sheriff records not online, use the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Records Unit. The research identifies 719-520-7177 as the Records Unit phone, 719-520-7171 as fax, shrrecordsrelease@elpasoco.com as email, and 27 E. Vermijo Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903 as the office address. Records Unit hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This channel may help with sheriff incident, video, or custody records, but it does not replace the court for court orders or warrant recalls.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office Records Unit
27 E. Vermijo Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-520-7177
shrrecordsrelease@elpasoco.com
El Paso County Collections
270 S. Tejon St., Room S120
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-452-5093
04OJWClearance@judicial.state.co.us
Federal and Restricted Warrants
Federal court matters are separate from El Paso County District Court, County Court, and municipal courts. Federal records use the federal court system rather than the El Paso County court or sheriff channels. Appeals from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, while federal criminal custody after sentencing is separate from the El Paso County jail roster and Colorado DOC search.
The successful warrant-page manifest source for federal appellate context is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
That federal source is included to show why county warrant searches should not be treated as a complete federal court or appellate records search.
Restricted warrant records may include sealed warrants, juvenile matters, suppressed cases, and investigative materials. If the record is restricted, the court or sheriff may ask for photo ID, release only redacted data, or deny public access. For a live arrest risk, legal advice is more useful than repeated portal searches.