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 30, 2026.
Duchesne County, Utah, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Duchesne County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Duchesne County public records, Utah arrest records, Utah inmate search and Utah criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Duchesne County
The Duchesne County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Duchesne County. It reported 281 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Duchesne County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Roosevelt, 7,390 residents: 507 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Duchesne County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Roosevelt: 507 for 2025, 542 for 2024, 814 for 2023, 651 for 2022, 611 for 2021 and 692 for 2020.
- Duchesne County Sheriff's Office: 281 for 2021 and 288 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2021 on file reported 892 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2021 and 2020 complete reported 892 in 2021 against 980 in 2020, down 9 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Duchesne County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Duchesne County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 120 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 166 beds, and it ran at 70 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office at duchesne.utah.gov/gov/elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Sheriff), phone 435-738-2015, Monday - Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Duchesne County
An arrest in Duchesne County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Duchesne County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at duchesne.utah.gov/serv/courts-legal-services, phone 435-738-1100); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at duchesne.utah.gov/gov/elected-officials/attorney, phone 435-738-0184).
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Duchesne County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Government Records Access and Management Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited, and it may charge copying and staff time after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 435-738-2015.
- An arrest in Roosevelt: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 435-738-0184, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Duchesne County, through the court records page at duchesne.utah.gov/serv/courts-legal-services, phone 435-738-1100.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at duchesnecityut.gov (page title: Public Records Request (GRAMA) | Duchesne City Utah Gov).
- Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Duchesne County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Duchesne County: Roosevelt. Duchesne, Myton, Altamont and Tabiona have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Duchesne County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Duchesne County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Roosevelt (7,390)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Duchesne County each year?
Roosevelt reported 507 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2021, the latest year most of the agencies in Duchesne County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 892 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Duchesne County?
Ask the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office at 435-738-2015; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at duchesne.utah.gov.
Where are people arrested in Duchesne County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Duchesne County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Duchesne 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Duchesne County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Government Records Access and Management Act the answer is due within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at duchesnecityut.gov.
Is this the official Duchesne 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.