Otter Tail County Warrant Records Otter Tail County Warrant Records

This page explains what we can and cannot help with, and where questions about official Otter Tail County warrants belong. Start with the county. Almost every request about a real warrant goes to the Sheriff's Office, Court Administration, or the issuing court rather than to us. The office that holds the record and the office that can clear it are usually the same place, and neither one is this website. The routing below sends each kind of question to the office that can answer it, with the addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts those offices publish.

This Is Not a Government or Law Enforcement Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot confirm whether a warrant exists, recall or clear one, post bond, arrange a surrender, or give legal advice to anyone. For any of those, contact the Sheriff's Office or the court that issued the warrant.

Need Official Warrant Information?

Here is where the questions most Otter Tail County readers have should go:

  • Whether a warrant exists: the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office keeps the daily active warrant list and handles warrant confirmation for county cases
  • A warrant from a missed court date: Court Administration, because the Otter Tail County District Court is the only trial court in the county and holds the file behind the warrant
  • Resolving or clearing a warrant: a licensed Minnesota attorney and the issuing court, which handles any recall, court date, or bond decision
  • A warrant tied to a criminal charge: the judge sets the charge and the release conditions, and the sheriff's office serves the warrant
  • A person already in custody: the Otter Tail County Detention Facility, which answers booking and first-appearance questions

Warrant and records requests at the county level go to the Sheriff's Office at 417 South Court Street, Level 1-A, Fergus Falls, MN 56537, by phone at 218-998-8555, or by email to sheriffsrecords@ottertailcounty.gov. The office publishes a signed records request form that can be emailed or mailed.

Court questions go to Court Administration at 121 West Junius Avenue, Floor A2, Fergus Falls, MN 56537, by phone at 218-560-7045. The Detention Facility is at 416 South Mill Street in Fergus Falls and can be reached at 218-998-8556; the jail FAQ says first appearances are generally held at the courthouse on normal business days.