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 October 9, 2026.
Salt Lake County, Utah, has about 1.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Salt Lake County comes from a judge of the District Court for Salt Lake County or the Justice Courts, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Salt Lake County public records, Salt Lake County arrest records, Salt Lake County inmate search, Salt Lake County criminal records, Salt Lake County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Salt Lake County
In Utah an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Salt Lake County that means the District Court for Salt Lake County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and class A misdemeanors; the Justice Courts, which take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, issue their own warrants on the cases before them.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the clerk of court keeps that file.
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.
Who Serves Warrants 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 serve warrants in Salt Lake County.
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 serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Salt Lake County is whichever one finds the person; a Utah warrant is valid across Utah.
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; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Salt Lake County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Salt Lake County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,910 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at saltlakecounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/rosters. The Salt Lake County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Salt Lake County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Salt Lake County
Whether a warrant is out from Salt Lake County shows in four places:
- The court file of the case, through the clerk of court at 801-238-7300, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- MyCase and Xchange, free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The County Attorney, phone (385) 468-7700, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Salt Lake County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is not open to the public in Utah, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Salt Lake County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Salt Lake County starts with the clerk of court at 801-238-7300: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Justice Courts is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Salt Lake County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney, phone (385) 468-7700.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Salt Lake County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Salt Lake County and Utah. These wanted and warrant pages from its Salt Lake County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Results, Utah Warrants Search (warrants.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Salt Lake County?
Not from the Salt Lake County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the clerk of court at 801-238-7300.
Who serves warrants in Salt Lake County?
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Utah warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Salt Lake County held?
At the county jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Salt Lake County cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the clerk of court at 801-238-7300.
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.