How to Look for Iowa Warrants

A warrant is an order issued by the state and signed by the judge for legal actions like search a person or place, seize some property and take an individual under custody till bail is posted or is presented before the judge. If you are apprehending one such warrant, there are ways of knowing about it. If you go online to search Iowa warrants, you will come across a score of commercial websites. You can look into these databases for free or in lieu of a stipulated fee. There are government websites as well which let you access the database of Iowa warrants information. When searching with them, you can be sure about the authenticity of the information gathered.

About Iowa Warrants

Often when warrant is received, it is difficult to determine the department that has issued it. After frequent complains received on this matter, Department of Administrative Services decided to introduce a web page with guidelines. You can visit the page at http://das.iowa.gov/sae/warrants_counties/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/index.html.

County based Iowa warrant search is an easy answer to your search related queries. But this state has 99 counties. You can go to the respective sheriff’s site for the county from where the warrant has been issued to get the necessary details. Some of the sites and counties are mentioned here in the article.

Cass County

To know about the Cass County warrants, you can go to http://www.sheriffcass.com/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/warrants.html. You can email your request to tips@sheriffcass.com. You can also send your request for Iowa warrants information to Cass County Courthouse, 5 W. 7th Street, Atlantic, IA 50022-1494.

Council Buff

Council Buff is a city in Potawatomie County. The website of Police Department holds the list of warrants issued against the offenders whose offenses took place in this county. You can mail them your requests at http://www.cbpolice.org/contact2.asp

Polk County

To get the list of outstanding warrants in Polk County, go to http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/sheriff/. The webpage features the offenders against whom warrants have been issued and are thus in the list of most wanted. You can reach the Law Enforcement Services of Polk County at 6023 NE 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50313. You can also call them at 515-286-3306.

Dallas County

To get the list of active warrants in Dallas County, click on http://www.co.dallas.ia.us/index.aspx?page=63. This website will give you the list of names against which warrants have been issued and information on the offenders. Information includes date of birth, ethnicity, physical description, last known address and the offense. The Sheriff’s office can be contacted at Dallas County Iowa Sheriff's Office, 201 North Nile Kinnick Drive Box 187, Adel, Iowa 50003.

Fayette County

You will get the list of warrants of resident as well as out of state offenders in this site. Click on http://www.fayettecountysheriff.com/warrant_list.htm#top. The link will also give you additional information like date of birth, ethnicity, identification mark, crime for which warrants have been issued, and the last known address. The site will also give you information on the most wanted offenders of the county along with their photographs and description.