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 on September 24, 2026.
Juab County, Utah, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Juab County is held at the county jail, run by the Juab 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.
Related guides: Juab County public records, Juab County arrest records, Juab County warrants, Juab County criminal records, Juab County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Juab County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Juab County is held at the county jail, run by the Juab County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Juab County Sheriff's Office at juabsheriff.org/jail.html (page title: Jail | Juab County Sheriff's Office), phone (435) 623-1344, 425 W Sheep Ln Dr. Nephi, UT 84648, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (435) 623-1344.
The Juab County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 30 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 40 beds, and it ran at 75 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Juab County has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 23 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Juab County Jail
The Juab County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Nephi make the arrests that end in a booking in Juab County.
The Santaquin/Genola Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Juab County, so its arrests are not broken out for Juab County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Juab County Sheriff's Office's 234 for 2022 and Nephi's 114 for 2025.
Nephi reported 114 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Juab County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Juab County serves the sentence in a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Juab County?
Ask the Juab County Sheriff's Office at (435) 623-1344; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at juabsheriff.org/jail.html.
How many people are in the Juab County jail?
About 30 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 40 beds.
What is the phone number for the Juab County jail?
(435) 623-1344, the number on the page of the Juab County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Juab County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Juab 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.