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.
Washington County, Utah, has about 208,000 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 Washington 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: Washington County public records, Washington County arrest records, Washington County warrants, Washington County inmate search, Washington County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Washington County
A criminal case from Washington County is filed in the District Court for Washington County or the Justice Courts, which take traffic tickets, class B and C misdemeanors and small claims, and the court file, kept by the clerk of court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at washco.utah.gov/departments/justice-court/court-updates-and-informa... (page title: Court Updates and Information | Washington County of Utah), phone (435) 301-7480, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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
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 file in the District Court for Washington County is the public record.
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 Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, La Verkin, Hildale and one more cities keep the arrest records in Washington 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Washington County: Utah Tech University (campus police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the eight agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,404 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 Washington County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Washington County in 2025
The eight agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 357 violent and 1,626 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,983 crimes in 2025 against 2,296 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 Washington County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Washington County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Washington County become charges and files them in the District Court for Washington 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 washco.utah.gov/departments/attorney (page title: Attorney | Washington County of Utah), phone (435) 301-7100, 33 North 100 West St. George, UT 84770, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Washington County
Registered sex offenders living in Washington 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 Washington 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 washco.utah.gov/departments/clerk/grama-records-request (page title: GRAMA Records Request | Washington County of Utah).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Washington County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Washington County and Utah. These criminal records pages from its Washington County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- DPS, Criminal Identification (BCI) (bci.utah.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Washington County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Washington 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 Washington County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at washco.utah.gov (page title: Court Updates and Information | Washington County of Utah). 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 Washington County?
The County Attorney, reached at (435) 301-7100, which files its cases in the District Court for Washington County or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Washington 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.