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.
Uinta County, Wyoming, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Uinta 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 Uinta 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: Uinta County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Uinta County
The Uinta County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Uinta County. It reported 92 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Uinta County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Evanston, 11,691 residents: 380 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lyman, 2,191 residents: 7 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 Uinta 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.
- Evanston: 380 for 2025, 444 for 2024, 428 for 2023, 485 for 2022, 584 for 2021 and 542 for 2020.
- Uinta County Sheriff's Office: 92 for 2025, 71 for 2024, 87 for 2023, 159 for 2022, 189 for 2021 and 338 for 2020.
- Lyman: 7 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 479 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 472 in 2025 against 515 in 2024, down 8.3 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 274 arrests, against 272 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Uinta County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Uinta 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 57 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 72 beds, and it ran at 79 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Uinta County Sheriff's Office at uintacountywy.gov/96/Detention-Center (page title: Detention Center | Uinta County, WY), phone 307-783-1020, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Wyoming Department of Corrections lists its inmates at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Uinta County
For Uinta County the place to look is the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at uintacountywy.gov/17/County-Attorney, phone (307) 783-0550).
Wyoming does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation 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 Uinta 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 Wyoming Public Records Act the agency must answer within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Uinta County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 307-783-1020.
- An arrest in Evanston or Lyman: 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, (307) 783-0550, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at uintacountywy.gov/847/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Uinta County, WY).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Uinta County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Uinta County: Evanston and Lyman. Mountain View and Bear River have 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 Uinta County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Uinta County each year?
Evanston reported 380 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 479 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Uinta County?
Ask the Uinta County Sheriff's Office at 307-783-1020; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at uintacountywy.gov/96/Detention-Center.
Where are people arrested in Uinta County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Uinta County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Uinta County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Uinta County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wyoming Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Uinta County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Uinta County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at uintacountywy.gov/847/Public-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Uinta 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.