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. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Riverton, Utah, in Salt Lake County, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Riverton comes from a judge of the District Court for Salt Lake County or the Justice Courts, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Riverton public records, Salt Lake County warrants, Riverton arrest records, Riverton inmate search, Riverton criminal records, Riverton court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Riverton
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Riverton that means the District Court for Salt Lake County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and class A misdemeanors; the Justice Courts, which take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the clerk of court.
For Salt Lake County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/how-to-find-a-case (page title: How to Find a Case | District Attorney | Salt Lake County), phone 801-238-7300, 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.
Who Serves Warrants in Riverton
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, the Unified Police Department and the agency that reports for Riverton (filed by the FBI as Riverton Police Department) serve warrants in and around Riverton.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department and three other agencies in Salt Lake County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Salt Lake County is whichever one finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid across Utah.
Together, the 14 agencies in Salt Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 42,622 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Riverton arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Riverton Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,910 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at saltlakecounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/rosters. The Riverton inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Riverton on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Riverton
The places to check for a warrant from Riverton:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at 801-238-7300, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- MyCase and Xchange, free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Attorney, phone (385) 468-7700, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Salt Lake County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is not open to the public in Utah, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Riverton
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Riverton that means appearing before the District Court for Salt Lake County or the Justice Courts, with the case put back on the calendar through the clerk of court.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Salt Lake County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney, phone (385) 468-7700.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Salt Lake County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Salt Lake County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Salt Lake County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Results, Utah Warrants Search (warrants.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Riverton?
Not from the Salt Lake County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of court at 801-238-7300.
Who serves warrants in Riverton?
The agency that reports for Riverton inside the city and the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Riverton held?
At the county jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Riverton cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the clerk of court at 801-238-7300.
Is this the official Riverton 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.