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 October 2, 2026.
Box Elder County, Utah, has about 64,000 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 Box Elder County 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: Box Elder County public records, Box Elder County arrest records, Box Elder County warrants, Box Elder County inmate search, Box Elder County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Box Elder County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Box Elder County are heard by the District Court for Box Elder 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 axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects (page title: GovOps | Archives), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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
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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder County
The Box Elder County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Brigham City, Tremonton, Perry, Willard and Mantua keep the arrest records in Box Elder County: 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 four agencies in Box Elder County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 219 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 Box Elder County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Box Elder County in 2025
The four agencies in Box Elder County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 34 violent and 230 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 264 crimes in 2025 against 359 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Box Elder County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Box Elder County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Box Elder County become charges and files them in the District Court for Box Elder 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 boxeldercountyut.gov/172/Attorney (page title: Attorney | Box Elder County, UT), phone 435-734-3329, 81 N Main Street Suite 102 Brigham City, UT 84302, Monday Through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Box Elder County
Registered sex offenders living in Box Elder County 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 Box Elder 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 boxeldercounty.justfoia.com/publicportal/home/newrequest (page title: Box Elder County, UT Public Portal | JustFOIA).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Box Elder County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Box Elder County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Box Elder 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 Box Elder County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Box Elder 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 Box Elder County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects (page title: GovOps | Archives). 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 Box Elder County?
The County Attorney, reached at 435-734-3329, which files its cases in the District Court for Box Elder County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Box Elder County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.