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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Davis County, Utah, has about 378,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the District Court for Davis County and the Justice Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the clerk of court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Davis County public records, Davis County arrest records, Davis County warrants, Davis County inmate search, Davis County criminal records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Davis County
Court cases from Davis County are filed in the District Court for Davis County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and class A misdemeanors.
Below it, the Justice Courts take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims.
Divorces go to the District Court, and the file stays with the clerk of court.
The clerk of court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Government Records Access and Management Act.
Looking Up a Case from Davis County
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 24, 2026.
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange are free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
The Utah court page SearchSystems verified is at utcourts.gov/en/court-records-publications/records/court-records.html.
What Reaches the Court from Davis County
Together, the 12 agencies in Davis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,591 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the District Court for Davis County or the Justice Courts.
The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at daviscountyutah.gov/attorney, phone (801) 444-9161, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Utah Driver License Division, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Davis County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Davis County criminal records, Davis County divorce records, Davis County traffic tickets, Davis County DUI and Davis County property records.
Cities in Davis County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the District Court for Davis County or the Justice Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Davis County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Layton (84,348)
- Bountiful (45,024)
- Syracuse (38,999)
- Kaysville (33,252)
- Farmington (26,163)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Davis County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects. Statewide, MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
Which court hears felonies in Davis County?
The District Court for Davis 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.
Who keeps the court records in Davis County?
The clerk of court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Utah?
Yes: MyCase and Xchange, free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
Is this the official Davis 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.