Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The 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 on September 24, 2026.
San Juan County, Utah, has about 15,000 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 San Juan 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, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: San Juan County public records, San Juan County arrest records, San Juan County warrants, San Juan County court records, San Juan County police reports, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for San Juan County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from San Juan County are heard by the District Court for San Juan 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at utcourts.gov/en/self-help/services/juryroom/contact/san-juan.html (page title: San Juan), phone 435-587-2122, 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Blanding keep the arrest records in San Juan 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 agencies and their counts, year by year, are in San Juan County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: San Juan County in 2025
The two agencies in San Juan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17 violent and 33 property crimes to the FBI that year; the one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 30 crimes in 2025 against 24 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 San Juan County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for San Juan County
Registered sex offenders living in San Juan 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 San Juan 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.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for San Juan County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for San Juan County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its San Juan 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 San Juan County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for San Juan 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 San Juan County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at utcourts.gov (page title: San Juan). 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.
Is this the official San Juan 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.