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 2, 2026.
Sanpete County, Utah, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one campus 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 Sanpete 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: Sanpete County public records, Utah arrest records, Utah inmate search and Utah criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sanpete County
The Sanpete County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sanpete County. It reported 108 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Ephraim, 6,220 residents: 54 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gunnison, 3,617 residents.
- Spring City, 1,026 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2023.
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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sanpete County: Snow College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sanpete County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Sanpete County Sheriff's Office: 108 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 162 for 2023, 138 for 2022, 182 for 2021 and 357 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Ephraim: 54 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 109 for 2023, 63 for 2021, 79 for 2020 and 132 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Spring City: 7 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 278 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 162 in 2023 against 138 in 2022, up 17 percent.
Gunnison reported only part of 2023 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sanpete County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sanpete 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 2021 the jail held about 22 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 128 beds, and it ran at 92 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 Sanpete County Sheriff's Office at sanpetecountysheriff.org (page title: Sanpete County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sanpete County
For Sanpete County the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Sanpete County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects).
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 Sanpete County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Sanpete County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Ephraim, Gunnison or Spring City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Snow College: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Sanpete County, through the court records page at axaemarchives.utah.gov/solr/axaem/Subjects.
- Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Sanpete County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the 13 cities in Sanpete County: Ephraim, Gunnison and Spring City. Mount Pleasant, Manti, Moroni, Centerfield, Fountain Green, Fairview, Mayfield, Wales, Sterling and Fayette have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the North Valley Police Department as a city agency in Sanpete County; North Valley is not among the cities above.
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 Sanpete County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sanpete County each year?
The Sanpete County Sheriff's Office reported 108 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Sanpete County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 278 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sanpete County?
Ask the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sanpetecountysheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Sanpete County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sanpete County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Sanpete 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 Sanpete County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sanpete 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.
Is this the official Sanpete 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.