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 9, 2026.
Salt Lake County, Utah, has about 1.2 million 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 Salt Lake 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: Salt Lake County public records, Salt Lake County arrest records, Salt Lake County warrants, Salt Lake County inmate search, Salt Lake County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Salt Lake County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Salt Lake County are heard by the District Court for Salt Lake 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.
For Salt Lake County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/how-to-find-a-case (page title: How to Find a Case | District Attorney | Salt Lake County), phone 801-238-7300, 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 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 Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, the Unified Police Department and the agencies that report for Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, Sandy, South Jordan, Herriman and eight more cities keep the arrest records in Salt Lake 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department and three other agencies in Salt Lake County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 14 agencies in Salt Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 42,622 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 Salt Lake County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Salt Lake County in 2025
The 14 agencies in Salt Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,099 violent and 25,334 property crimes to the FBI that year; the 13 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 26,034 crimes in 2025 against 27,628 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 Salt Lake County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Salt Lake County
Charges in Salt Lake County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the District Court for Salt Lake County or the Justice Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Salt Lake County), phone (385) 468-7700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Salt Lake County
Registered sex offenders living in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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 saltlakecounty.gov/records-management/public-records-requests-grama (page title: Public Records Requests (GRAMA) | Records Management | Salt Lake County).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Salt Lake County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Salt Lake County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at saltlakecounty.gov (page title: How to Find a Case | District Attorney | Salt Lake County). 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 Salt Lake County?
The County Attorney, reached at (385) 468-7700, which files its cases in the District Court for Salt Lake County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Salt Lake 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.