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 1, 2026.
Summit County, Utah, has about 43,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Summit County is held at the county jail, run by the Summit 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.
Related guides: Summit County public records, Summit County arrest records, Summit County warrants, Summit County criminal records, Summit County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Summit County
The county jail, run by the Summit County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Summit County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Summit County Sheriff's Office at summitcountysheriff.org/DocumentCenter/View/26286/Inmates12292025 (page title: Summit County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Summit County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 68 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 100 beds, and it ran at 68 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Summit County has about 43,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Summit County Jail
The Summit County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Park City and Kamas make the arrests that end in a booking in Summit County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kamas's 1,182 for 2025, the Summit County Sheriff's Office's 584 for 2025 and Park City's 214 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Summit County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,766 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 Summit County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Summit County serves the sentence in a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Summit County?
Ask the Summit County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at summitcountysheriff.org.
How many people are in the Summit County jail?
About 68 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 100 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Summit County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Summit 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.