Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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.
Moab, Utah, in Grand County, has about 5,200 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 Moab is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Moab public records, Grand County criminal records, Moab arrest records, Moab warrants, Moab inmate search, Moab court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Grand County
A criminal case from Moab is filed in the District Court for Grand County or the Justice Courts, which take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, and the court file, kept by the clerk of court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at grandcountyutah.net/584/Justice-Court (page title: Justice Court | Grand County, UT), phone 435-259-1334, 125 E Center Street Moab, UT 84532, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the District Court for Grand County.
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
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 file in the District Court for Grand County is the public record.
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 Moab
The Grand County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Moab (filed by the FBI as Moab Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Moab: 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.
Together, the two agencies in Grand County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 522 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 Moab arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Moab in 2025
The agency that reports for Moab had 36 violent and 83 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Grand County
Charges in Grand County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the District Court for Grand County or the Justice Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at grandcountyutah.net/506/Attorney (page title: County Attorney's Office | Grand County, UT), phone 435-259-1324, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Moab
Registered sex offenders living in Moab 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 Grand 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 grandcountyutah.net/592/Open-Records-Request-GRAMA (page title: Open Records Request | Grand County, UT).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Grand County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Grand County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Grand County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Utah BCI, Criminal Records (bci.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Moab?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Grand 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 Moab criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at grandcountyutah.net/584/Justice-Court (page title: Justice Court | Grand County, UT); it belongs to a lower court, not to the District Court for Grand 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 Moab?
The County Attorney, reached at 435-259-1324, which files its cases in the District Court for Grand County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Moab 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.