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 on September 24, 2026.
Uintah County, Utah, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Uintah County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Uintah 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: Uintah County public records, Utah arrest records, Utah inmate search and Utah criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Uintah County
The Uintah County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Uintah County. It reported 799 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Uintah County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Vernal, 10,698 residents.
- Naples, 2,492 residents: 258 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Uintah 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.
- Uintah County Sheriff's Office: 799 for 2025, 829 for 2024, 1,069 for 2021, 861 for 2020 and 1,156 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Naples: 258 for 2025, 296 for 2024, 477 for 2023, 294 for 2022, 130 for 2021 and 236 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,057 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,057 in 2025 against 1,125 in 2024, down 6 percent.
Vernal reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Uintah County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Uintah 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 2019 the jail held about 220 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 396 beds, and it ran at 55 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Uintah County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov/corrections/inmateSearch (page title: Utah County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search), phone 801-851-4000, 3075 North Main Spanish Fork, UT 84660, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Uintah County
Whether someone was arrested in Uintah County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Uintah County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the District Court for Uintah County, kept by the clerk of court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at uintah.gov/departments/a_-_e_departments/attorney, phone (435) 781-5436).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at uintahcounty.courtutah.us (page title: Uintah County Court | Records Access), phone 435-781-9300, belongs to a lower court, not to the District Court for Uintah County.
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 Uintah 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 Uintah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 801-851-4000.
- An arrest in Vernal or Naples: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (435) 781-5436, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the District Court for Uintah County it is kept by the clerk of court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at uintahcounty.courtutah.us, phone 435-781-9300, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at uintah.gov (page title: HOW TO REQUEST A GOVERNMENT RECORD).
- Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Uintah County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Uintah County: Vernal and Naples. Ballard has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
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 Uintah County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Uintah County each year?
The Uintah County Sheriff's Office reported 799 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,057 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Uintah County?
Look on the custody page of the Uintah County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov, or call 801-851-4000. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Uintah County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Uintah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Uintah County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Uintah 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 Uintah County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Uintah 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at uintah.gov.
Is this the official Uintah 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.