Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and 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 between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Uintah County, Utah, has about 38,000 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 Uintah 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, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Uintah County public records, Uintah County arrest records, Uintah County warrants, Uintah County inmate search, Uintah County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Uintah County
In Utah the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Uintah County are heard by the District Court for Uintah 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.
For Uintah County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at uintahcounty.courtutah.us (page title: Uintah County Court | Records Access), phone 435-781-9300, 920 East Highway 40 Vernal, UT 84078, Monday-Friday, 8 AM-5 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the District Court for Uintah County.
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
The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is closed to the public in Utah: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
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 Uintah County
The Uintah County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Vernal and Naples keep the arrest records in Uintah 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.
Together, the two agencies in Uintah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,057 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Uintah County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Uintah County in 2025
The two agencies in Uintah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 55 violent and 127 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 182 crimes in 2025 against 158 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 Uintah County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Uintah County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Uintah County become charges and files them in the District Court for Uintah County or the Justice Courts; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at uintah.gov/departments/a_-_e_departments/attorney (page title: Attorney), phone (435) 781-5436, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Uintah County
Registered sex offenders living in Uintah 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 Uintah 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. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at uintah.gov/departments/a_-_e_departments/assessor/request_a_governm... (page title: HOW TO REQUEST A GOVERNMENT RECORD).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Uintah County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Uintah County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Uintah 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 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.
Can I search Uintah County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at uintahcounty.courtutah.us (page title: Uintah County Court | Records Access); it 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.
How do I get my own Utah criminal history?
Through a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in Uintah County?
The County Attorney, reached at (435) 781-5436, which files its cases in the District Court for Uintah County or the Justice Courts.
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.