Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Cedar City, Utah, in Iron County, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Utah the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Cedar City is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the District Court for Iron County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Cedar City are heard by the District Court for Iron County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and class A misdemeanors; the Justice Courts take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, and the file of each case is kept by the clerk of court.
For Iron County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ironcountyut.gov/justice-court (page title: Iron County), phone 435-865-5335, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange are free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
The Utah Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is closed to the public in Utah: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at bci.utah.gov/criminal-records/obtain-a-copy-of-your-own-criminal-hi....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Cedar City
The Iron County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cedar City (filed by the FBI as Cedar City Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Cedar City: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Iron County: Southern Utah University (campus police); Iron, Garfield, Beaver Task Force (other agency); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Iron County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Cedar City arrest records.
The County Attorney for Iron County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Iron County become charges and files them in the District Court for Iron County or the Justice Courts; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at ironcountyut.gov/attorney/prosecution-policy (page title: Iron County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Cedar City
Registered sex offenders living in Cedar City are listed on the Utah Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry, run by the Utah Department of Corrections at bci.utah.gov/offender-registries. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Iron County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Government Records Access and Management Act a county office must answer a request within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited, and it may charge copying and staff time after the first quarter hour. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at ironcountyut.gov/justice-court/request-records (page title: Iron County).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Iron County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Iron County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Iron County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- DPS, Criminal Identification (BCI) (bci.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Cedar City?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Iron County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Government Records Access and Management Act.
Can I search Cedar City criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ironcountyut.gov/justice-court (page title: Iron County). Statewide, MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
How do I get my own Utah criminal history?
Through a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in Cedar City?
The County Attorney, which files its cases in the District Court for Iron County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Cedar City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.