Midvale Arrest Records: Who Makes Arrests, Where People Are Booked and How to Get the Report

Who Makes Arrests in Midvale

The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Midvale. In Salt Lake County the county agency that reports arrests is the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Salt Lake County: the University of Utah (campus police); the Granite School District, the Unified Fire Authority Investigations Bureau and the Utah Transit Authority (other).

Booking: Where People Arrested in Midvale Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Midvale is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.

On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,910 people, down from about 2,150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2,455 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov/corrections/inmateSearch (page title: Utah County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search), phone 801-851-4000, 3075 North Main Spanish Fork, UT 84660, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.

That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.

A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Midvale

Whether someone was arrested in Midvale, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the District Court for Salt Lake County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/how-to-find-a-case, phone 801-238-7300); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney, phone (385) 468-7700).

Statewide, MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.

Utah does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.

Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Midvale

The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Government Records Access and Management Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited, and it may charge copying and staff time after the first quarter hour.

• An arrest by the Midvale police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at midvale.utah.gov/government/departments/recorder_s_office/grama_req... (page title: Midvale, UT), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
• An arrest by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 801-851-4000.
• A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (385) 468-7700, handles discovery for pending cases.
• The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Salt Lake County, through the court records page at saltlakecounty.gov, phone 801-238-7300.
• Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov (page title: Public Records Requests (GRAMA) | Records Management | Salt Lake County).
• Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.

The Salt Lake County guide covers every agency in the county: Salt Lake County arrest records.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Midvale?

Look on the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov, or call 801-851-4000. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Midvale booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Midvale?

The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Salt Lake 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.

How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Midvale?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Government Records Access and Management Act the answer is due within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov.

Is this the official Midvale 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.