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 25, 2026.
Provo, Utah, in Utah County, has about 115,000 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 Provo 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: Provo public records, Utah County criminal records, Provo arrest records, Provo warrants, Provo inmate search, Provo court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Utah County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Provo are heard by the District Court for Utah 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at utcourts.gov/en/court-records-publications/records/xchange.html (page title: Xchange: Public Case Search), 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 Provo
The Utah County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Provo (filed by the FBI as Provo Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Provo: 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 two campus police departments and two other agencies in Utah County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Draper Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Utah County, so its arrests are not broken out for Utah County here.
Together, the 14 agencies in Utah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,106 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 Provo arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Provo in 2025
The agency that reports for Provo had 205 violent and 1,293 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 Utah County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Utah County become charges and files them in the District Court for Utah 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 atty.utahcounty.gov (page title: Utah County Attorney), 100 East Center Street, Suite 2100 Provo, UT 84606, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Provo
Registered sex offenders living in Provo 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 Utah 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 utah-county-ut.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Utah County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Utah County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Utah County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- DPS, Criminal Identification (BCI) (bci.utah.gov)
- Most Wanted (sheriff.utahcounty.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Provo?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Utah 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 Provo criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at utcourts.gov (page title: Xchange: Public Case Search). 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 Provo?
The County Attorney, which files its cases in the District Court for Utah County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Provo 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.