Moore County Warrant Records and Most Wanted Programs
A most-wanted list is a curated showcase, not a full register of outstanding warrants. It names selected cases a department wants help with. Moore County posts no such gallery, wanted page, or Crime Stoppers roster on its official sheriff site. The sheriff's page still serves as the local contact point. It gives the office address, 700 S. Bliss Ave. in Dumas, along with dispatch details. What it does not offer is a name-search tool or any explanation of how a local list would be chosen, so a warrant check has to run through the courts instead.
Moore County Warrant Contact for the Sheriff
Sheriff Morgan W. Hightower heads the office at 700 S. Bliss Ave. The listed office phone is 806-935-4145, and dispatch is 806-935-2151. Neither number is advertised as a warrant tip line or a public search service. Ask the staff whether they can pass a local tip to the right unit. For case status, go to whichever court issued the process, because each one keeps its own records. The 69th District Court, the County Court at Law, JP1, JP2, and the city courts all hold separate files in Moore County.
How Moore County Warrant Lists Work
Moore County publishes no public most-wanted roster and posts no update schedule for one. The city police and court pages in the county offer no public list either, so the gap is county-wide. What follows is the official route, not a reproduction of names or photos. That access gap matters because a published wanted list is always narrower than the real docket. An agency picks a few cases and leaves the rest off the page, so a name missing from a list proves nothing about a Moore County warrant. The reverse holds too: appearing on a list does not settle the status of the underlying case. Only the issuing court can confirm what stands today, so that is where a warrant check has to end.
Moore County Most Wanted and Federal Lists
Federal wanted pages answer a different question. The U.S. Marshals Service, Northern District of Texas and the FBI Top Ten cover federal fugitives, not Moore County cases, and neither is a complete register of federal warrants. PACER, the federal docket system, has the same blind spot, since sealed process may not show in its public results. A federal question needs the federal court or your own counsel. The Moore County sheriff cannot lift a sealed federal matter, and a federal wanted page should never be read as part of a local Moore County roster.
Moore County Warrant Tips: Safe Reporting
Moore County lists no Crime Stoppers partnership, no anonymous tip line, no reward program, and no fugitive email. Treat a general dispatch number as dispatch only, never as a confidential tip channel. The Moore County Sheriff's Office contact page is the right place to ask which channel currently takes information about a specific case. Follow the agency's current instructions, and never approach someone you believe is wanted. An urgent threat calls for emergency services, not a web form. No tip you send through this page carries any promise of reward or anonymity.
Moore County Warrant Minutes Are Not a Roster
Commissioners' minutes dated March 25, 2024 touch on justice-court warrant staffing and a historical workload. That is all they are. The minutes are an operations record, not a wanted list and not a count of active warrants. Read them for context on how Moore County handled past volume. For an individual record, ask the issuing court. The County Clerk also warns that staff will not run searches beyond what statute authorizes.
How Most Wanted Differs From an Active Warrant
A public-safety list and an active warrant are different records. The sheriff can serve process that never lands on any gallery. A court can recall a warrant before an outside list catches up. Moore County publishes no public active-warrant list at all, so only the issuing court can say what stands today.
| Question | Most-Wanted Publication | Warrant Record |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Selected cases, if an agency publishes one | Process from a specific issuing court |
| Who controls it | Publishing law-enforcement agency | Issuing court controls status and recall |
| Local Moore result | No local page located | Contact the court or sheriff for routing |
A published roster should not be treated as the legal docket.
Moore County Most Wanted Records and Access
A Texas Public Information Act request works best when it targets one existing record, described with reasonable detail, such as a warrant return or a recall order. A blanket demand for every person with a warrant runs into privacy, juvenile, sealed-record, and active-investigation concerns. The office holding the record may route your request to the right court or agency. Never republish names from a private or third-party list. For a real record question in Moore County, name the court, the date range, and the case or citation number. Ask for a fee estimate and any redactions that apply.
When You Believe You Are Listed
If the worry is your own name, call a lawyer and the court that may have issued the warrant. Ask for the cause number, the process type, its current status, and the next court step. Do not walk into a law-enforcement office on the strength of a third-party post or a name match.
Do not rely on a list or its absence. Confirm the current record with counsel and the issuing court before appearing.
The Moore County sheriff can explain the agency route. But only a court controls a recall or quash order, and no online list here can confirm anyone's current status.
Moore County Warrant Status Needs a Court
Want to know if a Moore County warrant is still open? Only the issuing court can say for certain. It holds the legal status, so call the clerk listed on your citation or case papers first. Sheriff's deputies may know whether a warrant was served. Police can share what they know about execution too. The Moore County active-warrant page covers why no public list appearing does not prove that no record exists.