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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sanpete County is held at the county jail, run by the Sanpete 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Sanpete County
The county jail, run by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Sanpete County, from every agency.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Sanpete County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Sanpete County has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sanpete County Jail
The Sanpete County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Ephraim, Gunnison and Spring City make the arrests that end in a booking in Sanpete County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sanpete County: Snow College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office's 108 for 2025, Ephraim's 54 for 2025 and Spring City's 7 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies in Sanpete County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 278 arrests to the FBI that year. 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 Sanpete County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Sanpete County?
Ask the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sanpetecountysheriff.org.
How many people are in the Sanpete County jail?
About 22 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 128 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sanpete County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
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.