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 9, 2026.
Uintah County, Utah, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Uintah County is held at the county jail, run by the Uintah 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 Uintah County
The county jail, run by the Uintah County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Uintah County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Uintah County Sheriff's Office at uintah.gov/210/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Uintah County, UT), phone 435-789-2511, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 435-789-2511.
The Uintah County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Uintah County has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 57 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Uintah County Jail
The Uintah County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Vernal and Naples make the arrests that end in a booking in Uintah County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Uintah County Sheriff's Office's 799 for 2025 and Naples's 258 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Uintah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,057 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 Uintah 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 Uintah County?
Ask the Uintah County Sheriff's Office at 435-789-2511; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at uintah.gov/210/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Uintah County jail?
About 220 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 396 beds.
What is the phone number for the Uintah County jail?
435-789-2511, the number on the page of the Uintah County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Uintah County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.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.