Search Larimer County Warrants

Active Warrants in Larimer County

Warrants in Larimer County are issued by a judge or magistrate of the 8th Judicial District. The district covers Larimer and Jackson counties and operates out of the Larimer County Justice Center at 201 LaPorte Avenue in Fort Collins and the Loveland County Court at 810 E. 10th Street. County-level law enforcement is the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff John Feyen. The Sheriff's Office serves arrest, bench, and search warrants, and the Jail Division at 2405 Midpoint Drive holds people who are taken into custody on an active warrant.

Larimer County does not run a single public-facing list of all active warrants. The Sheriff's data application list does include a "Larimer County's Most Wanted" link, which is reached from the Sheriff's quick-links page. That page surfaces a small number of priority cases rather than every open warrant. For a full check, the records you can use in combination are the state docket search, the Larimer County inmate search after a person is booked, and a direct phone call to the Clerk of Court at 970-494-3500. The online tools update as cases move, so a result you see in the morning can change by the afternoon.

Note: A warrant can be recalled, quashed, or satisfied within hours; confirm any online result by phone with the issuing court before relying on it.

Types of Warrants in Larimer County

Different orders are grouped under the word "warrant," and the type controls how the warrant can be cleared. The court that issued the order is named on the warrant face, and a Larimer County warrant can come from county court, district court, or a city municipal court. Felony arrest warrants and bench warrants tied to felony cases go through district court. Most failure-to-appear warrants on traffic or misdemeanor cases come from county court. Local municipal warrants come from Fort Collins, Loveland, or Estes Park municipal courts and are not in the state docket.

• Arrest warrant – a court order based on probable cause that authorizes police to take a named person into custody.
• Bench warrant – issued by a judge, often for failure to appear, contempt, or a missed probation or court obligation.
• Search warrant – authorizes a search of a place, person, or property; usually not public before execution and may be sealed.
• Capias / no-bond warrant – issued in pending cases, sometimes with no bond until the next court appearance.
• Fugitive warrant / hold – an out-of-county, out-of-state, or federal authority asking Larimer County to hold the person.
• Juvenile warrant – restricted from public access because juvenile records are confidential under Colorado law.

Note: A "no-bond" warrant means the person cannot post a bond from the jail and must wait for a court appearance; expect a longer stay if booked on one.

How to Search Larimer County Warrants

There is no one-click warrant lookup for Larimer County. To check a name, use the path below. The state docket search will show a pending case with a future court date even when the person has not been booked, which is a strong signal that a warrant has been issued for failure to appear or for an active arrest order.

1. Open the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search at coloradojudicial.gov/dockets and pick the 8th Judicial District and Larimer County.
2. Search by last name plus one extra filter (first name, case number, or attorney) since the form requires more than just a date.
3. Open the Larimer County inmate search at the Sheriff's site and search by last name to confirm the person is not already in custody.
4. Check the Larimer County's Most Wanted page from the Sheriff's quick-links list.
5. Call the Clerk of Court at 970-494-3500 (Fort Collins) or 970-622-2100 (Loveland) to confirm the warrant status and bond amount.
6. For a Fort Collins, Loveland, or Estes Park municipal warrant, call that city's court directly because those cases are not in the state docket.

The state docket search will identify the court, hearing date, and case type but will not show a warrant face. To get the warrant text, the surety, or the bond conditions, file a court records request through the Colorado Judicial Branch records request form or call the clerk directly. The clerk can read the docket entry over the phone in many cases.

Larimer County Warrant Search Fields

The state docket lookup is the closest public field-based tool to a warrant search. The form requires at least one filter beyond date. The fields below match the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search at the same URL used for civil and criminal cases.

What a Larimer County Warrant Record Shows

Once a person is booked on a warrant, the Larimer County inmate profile exposes the warrant-side fields that the jail uses to track the order. A person who has not been booked may have a warrant on the docket but no jail-side profile. The warrant text itself, signed by a judge, is held in the case file at the issuing court.

Larimer County Sheriff and Most Wanted

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office is the primary law-enforcement service for unincorporated parts of the county and the lead jailer for all booked individuals. The Sheriff's quick-links page at larimer.gov/sheriff/quick-links groups the inmate search, the booking report, the incident blotter, the released-inmates page, the jail-population dashboard, and the Most Wanted list. Sheriff Feyen's term runs January 2023 to January 2027. Captain Troy Badberg commands the Jail Division.

The Sheriff has issued a scam warning that applies directly to anyone calling about a warrant: the Sheriff's Office will never call to demand payment for an inmate's bond, early release, ankle monitors, or other incarceration-related fees. People who get such a call should hang up. The same notice appears on the inmate search and the Sheriff's frauds and scams page.

Lead-in: the Sheriff's homepage shows the full set of jail and records quick links surfaced from the main office page larimer.gov/sheriff.

The home view links straight to the inmate search and the booking report, which are the two pages that show warrant-related fields once a person has been processed at the Larimer County Jail.

What to Do If You Have a Larimer County Warrant

The jail FAQ tells people with active warrants to come to the jail lobby at 2405 Midpoint Drive and speak with staff. Resolution is faster when the person arrives prepared. The steps below come straight from the Sheriff's published rules and from the 8th Judicial District court process.

1. Talk to an attorney first if you can. The Colorado State Public Defender Fort Collins office at coloradodefenders.us/offices/fort-collins screens for indigent eligibility.
2. Confirm the warrant by phone with the Clerk of Court at 970-494-3500 (Fort Collins) or 970-622-2100 (Loveland) before you go in.
3. Arrive at the Larimer County Jail lobby sober and on time. The jail FAQ says 8:30-9:00 a.m. is the best window if you plan to bond out the same day.
4. Bring a government ID, the court paperwork, and cash for bond. Booking does not accept checks; credit cards are accepted with fees.
5. Bring any prescribed medication in the original bottle, plus glasses or contacts, but leave outside books, electronics, knives, tobacco, and e-cigarettes at home.
6. If a property bond is the only option, the bond paperwork is completed at the Justice Center at 201 LaPorte Avenue and the only accepted collateral is land.
7. After release, confirm the next court date and any conditions. Released-inmate data online may lag by eight hours or more.

Larimer County Warrant Bond Options

Bond rules in Larimer County are set by the judge who signed the warrant. The jail accepts cash, money orders, cashier's checks, surety bonds through a private bondsman, property bonds processed at the Justice Center, personal recognizance bonds signed by the inmate, and personal recognizance with a co-obligor who must appear in person. Bonds can be posted twenty-four hours a day. Online and phone payments go through AllPaid at 1-888-604-7888, and an in-jail kiosk accepts cash bond posts at the entrance.

Weekend cases are handled at the weekend advisement calendar listed on the Larimer court page. The court page calls this "Weekend Advisement Hearings: BHO3" and states that weekend bond hearings are heard at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday for the upcoming long weekend, with a paperwork cutoff at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. A person who has been arrested after hours on Friday should expect to be held until the next court session unless a bond was set on the warrant face.

Public Access Laws for Larimer County Warrant Records

Warrant records sit at the line between two Colorado laws. Pre-arrest investigative material is governed by the Criminal Justice Records Act (CCJRA), Title 24, Article 72, Part 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, which gives criminal-justice agencies wider discretion to withhold records that could compromise an investigation. Once a warrant has been served and the person is in court, the case file is governed by the broader Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), Title 24, Article 72, Part 2. The Sheriff's published CORA statement notes the state research and retrieval fee, capped under the General Assembly's 2024 update at $41.37 per hour. Sealed warrants are not public, and a docket entry tied to a sealed case will not surface in the public search.

Lead-in: the General Assembly's fee update page documents the maximum hourly research and retrieval rate that local agencies cite in records responses.

The page sets the ceiling used by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney, and the Clerk of Court when calculating warrant-file copy fees and search time.

Restricted and Sealed Larimer County Warrants

Several warrant categories are kept off the public record. Juvenile warrants are confidential under Colorado children's-code rules and never appear in the open docket. Search warrants are sealed before execution and many remain sealed after, especially in narcotics, child-exploitation, or organized-crime cases. Warrants in a sealed case are not visible through the docket search or the inmate profile. The Sheriff's FAQ also withholds inmate medical or medication information under HIPAA. Witness and victim identifying details are redacted under Colorado privacy protections that apply to released criminal-justice records.

For records that have been sealed, the Larimer court page directs requesters to file a motion with the court. Court staff cannot verify the details of a sealed case without a court order. Federal warrants tied to U.S. District Court matters are not in the Larimer County system; federal cases for Colorado go through the U.S. District Court at cod.uscourts.gov, and federal inmates are tracked through the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

District Attorney and Public Defender

The 8th Judicial District Attorney is Gordon P. McLaughlin, serving a term that runs January 2025 to January 2029. The DA's office is at 201 LaPorte Avenue, Suite 200, in Fort Collins, with the main phone at 970-498-7200. Warrant-related discovery, post-case records, and case-resolution documents are requested through the DA's discovery and records request page, which describes a standard $7.50 research-and-retrieval fee per case and uses the statewide eDiscovery website for delivery.

The Colorado State Public Defender Fort Collins office handles indigent-defense screening for warrant cases in Larimer County. The court, DA, and Sheriff cannot give defense advice. Court-appointed counsel and public defender appointments are controlled by court findings and state defender rules. Victim notification is handled by VINE at vinelink.com or 1-888-263-8463.

Related Larimer County Records

Once a person has been served on a warrant and booked, the booking record is the next stop. For an active custody check, use the Larimer County inmate records page. For the underlying charge, the criminal records page covers arrests, dispositions, and sealing. For people recently released after a warrant clearance, the released inmates page is updated for releases that occurred at least eight hours earlier. Court files tied to a warrant case are linked from the court records and court dockets pages. Open-records requests for warrant materials are routed through the public records framework.