• Cheyenne County District Court: Cheyenne County Courthouse, 212 E. Washington St., P.O. Box 646, St. Francis, KS 67756; 785-332-8850. It hears state felonies, misdemeanors, traffic, juvenile matters and protection orders.
• Municipal courts: K.S.A. 12-4104 allows cities to hear ordinance cases. Check with St. Francis or Bird City city hall.

Any bench warrant issued at the St. Francis courthouse is served by the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, which doesn't publish a warrant list online; deputies take calls at 785-332-8880. Kansas has no public statewide lookup, though Cheyenne County's court cases are posted on Kansas CaseSearch. The county houses its prisoners at the Rawlins County Jail in Atwood, reachable at 785-626-3865, so that's where a lawyer would usually arrange a surrender. The Cheyenne County District Court clerk at 212 E. Washington St. handles new-date requests at 785-332-8850.

A district magistrate judge is assigned to Cheyenne County and usually hears first appearances, misdemeanors and traffic. Felony hearings and jury trials go to a 15th District judge. The district judges are based in Thomas and Sherman counties, so some hearings in St. Francis are set for set days or held by video.

1. A written complaint is filed and the defendant has a first appearance, sometimes by video from the Atwood jail.
2. A preliminary hearing tests the evidence.
3. At arraignment the defendant pleads.
4. Motions and evidence sharing follow.
5. The case ends in a plea, a dismissal or a trial, and then sentencing.

On Kansas CaseSearch, select Cheyenne County and enter a name or case number. Kansas has no statewide public warrant search; the sheriff at 785-332-8880 can tell you about a local warrant if you give a full name and birth date.

The defendant asks at the first appearance and signs a sworn statement of income. If eligible, a lawyer is appointed through the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense (BIDS, 785-296-6631).

Cheyenne County arrests are commonly held at the Rawlins County Jail, 607 Main St. #G, Atwood, KS 67730 (785-626-3865). Our Cheyenne County bail page covers release, and our inmate search page covers the Rawlins list and VINE.

To the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, whose Topeka clerk serves this county: 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400. A federal magistrate handles detention, and the BOP locator tracks federal prisoners.

In a Kansas Department of Corrections prison. Find the person in KASPER and use our Kansas prisons page for contacts.

The court case continues. An ICE detainer only lets the jail hold the defendant "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)). If ICE takes the person, the defense attorney should tell the court. Look the person up on the ICE locator.