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 September 25, 2026.
Spanish Fork, Utah, in Utah County, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Spanish Fork is held at the county jail, run by the Utah County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Spanish Fork
The county jail, run by the Utah County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Spanish Fork, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Utah 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.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Utah County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 490 people, down from about 600 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,172 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Utah County has about 747,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Utah County Jail
The Utah County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Spanish Fork (filed by the FBI as Spanish Fork Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Spanish Fork.
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).
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.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Provo's 3,302 for 2025, the Utah County Sheriff's Office's 2,920 for 2025 and Orem's 2,669 for 2025.
Together, the 14 agencies in Utah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,106 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Spanish Fork arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Spanish Fork?
Look on the custody page of the Utah County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov, or call 801-851-4000. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Utah County jail?
About 490 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,172 beds.
What is the phone number for the Utah County jail?
801-851-4000, the number on the page of the Utah County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Utah County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Spanish Fork 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.