Utah Jail Inmate Search & Inmate Lookup

Utah County, Utah · custody and booking lookup guide

Find a Utah County Jail Inmate and Verify Current Custody

If you are trying to find someone arrested in Provo, Orem, Lehi, Spanish Fork, American Fork or elsewhere in Utah County, start with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Arrested Person Search. It is the county’s public source for checking current and recent jail bookings.

Important: Utah County and the State of Utah are not the same inmate-search system. Someone recently arrested in Utah County is normally searched through the county Sheriff. Someone transferred to state correctional custody should be searched through the Utah Department of Corrections.

How to Use the Utah County Jail Inmate Search

1. Open the official Sheriff’s inmate-search page. Use the public Arrested Person Search rather than the Enhanced Search login. Enhanced access is intended for approved law-enforcement and media users.
2. Choose a search method. The public system allows a search by name, arrest date, or a list of inmates currently tracked by the Sheriff’s Office.
3. For a name search, enter as much of the legal name as possible. The Sheriff’s example uses the format ADAMS, B. A fuller name helps reduce unrelated results.
4. For an arrest-date search, use MM-DD-YYYY. This is useful when the exact name spelling is uncertain but you know when the arrest happened.
5. Open the matching person’s booking. Compare the year of birth, booking date, booking number, arresting agency and status rather than relying on the name alone.
6. Read the status carefully. A result may represent active custody, release, electronic monitoring, work diversion or transfer to another facility.

What the Utah County Search Result Means

The Sheriff’s booking page can identify an arrest date, booking date, booking number, arresting agency, release information when applicable and a custody-status code. Understanding the status code is especially important because not every person returned by a search is physically inside the jail.

If the Inmate Does Not Appear

A failed search has several possible explanations. Work through them in this order:

1. Wait for the booking delay. The public search may not show a new booking until 24 hours have passed.
2. Retry the name. Use the person’s full legal surname and first-name initial or full first name. Check spelling, hyphens and suffixes.
3. Use the Current Inmates option. This can help when the person is in custody but a name search is difficult.
4. Search by arrest date. Use the date of arrest if you know it.
5. Check for release or transfer. Status O indicates release and Y means the person was taken to another facility.
6. Check Utah state custody. If the person was sentenced and transferred, use the Utah Department of Corrections Offender Search.
7. Check VINE. Utah’s victim-notification service can help verify custody status and can provide notification of release, transfer or escape.
8. Call the jail when the online record is still unclear. Jail information is 801-851-4302; booking is 801-851-4210.

Utah State Prison and Statewide Custody Lookup

If you searched Utah County and the person has already moved into state correctional custody, use the Utah Department of Corrections. The state search accepts a name or UDC identification number. For a name search, first and last name are required.

VINE is also useful when you want custody-change notifications. Utah describes it as a free service that can provide automated telephone or email notifications when an offender is released, transferred or escapes.

Recent Bookings and Older Utah County Records

The Sheriff’s inmate-search page currently contains two different retention statements. One note says a name search covers past and present inmates during the previous two years. Farther down, the same page says booking information and the photograph remain online for 30 days, the photograph is then removed, and remaining booking information stays online for one year.

Because those statements are not completely consistent, use the live inmate-search result for current information. If you need an older booking record, arrest document or official copy that no longer appears online, contact the Sheriff’s Records unit or use the Sheriff’s GRAMA public-records request process.

Utah County Bail and Release Information

The Sheriff’s booking guidance says a credit card may be used when bailing out an eligible person, but the jail does not accept credit-card bail payments over the phone. A transaction charge may apply.

• Confirm the exact bail amount before arriving or paying.
• Personal checks are not accepted.
• Cashier’s checks and money orders must be payable to The Utah County Jail.
• Do not rely only on a third-party bail website; verify the current booking and release conditions first.

For people returning from court, the Sheriff’s published standard release time is 3:15 p.m. This is not a guaranteed release time for every inmate. Court paperwork, holds, transportation and processing can affect the actual time.

How to Check Court Dates and Criminal Cases

A jail booking is not the same as the court case. The Utah County booking section states that jail staff do not provide court dates and directs people to the court of jurisdiction.

For publicly available Utah court-case information, use Utah Courts Xchange. If you are a party to the case, Utah Courts also directs users to MyCase where the case type is supported.

Match the court case to the jail record using the person’s full name, case information and court. Court records should be used for filed charges, hearings and case outcomes; jail records are primarily custody and booking records.

Visiting a Utah County Jail Inmate

Personal visitation is handled by video through Securus. The Sheriff’s current visitation FAQ says visits are initiated by the inmate rather than scheduled by jail visiting staff.

• The Sheriff’s booking page says eligibility normally takes about 3–5 business days.
• The visitation FAQ says a person cannot receive a family/friend visit during the first three days and that the wait may be longer depending on circumstances.
• Video calls are generally available from housing areas between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., depending on classification.
• The current FAQ lists a video-call rate of $0.19 per minute, plus applicable taxes, fees or surcharges.
• The visitor whose Securus account is being used must be present.
• Visitors under 18 generally must be accompanied by a family member age 21 or older unless the visitor is the inmate’s spouse.

Phone Calls

Inmates cannot receive ordinary incoming calls. The jail’s orientation information says phones are generally available in housing areas from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., depending on classification, and calls are usually limited to 20 minutes.

The current orientation page lists a voice-call rate of $0.12 per minute plus applicable taxes and fees. An older inmate-services page still displays a 2021 rate of $0.21 per minute, so check the current Securus rate before funding an account.

The jail does not normally take telephone messages for inmates.

How to Send Mail

Personal mail is digitally scanned so the inmate can view it electronically. The Sheriff’s instructions require the inmate’s name and booking number:

Put your return name and address on the envelope. Mail that is not correctly addressed can be returned. Legal mail continues to be handled separately, and new soft-cover books may be accepted when sent directly from a publisher or bookstore.

How to Add Money or Buy Commissary

Utah County uses JailATM for inmate commissary services. The Sheriff’s FAQ and inmate-services information list several deposit methods:

• Online through JailATM.
• By phone at 1-866-394-0490.
• By cashier’s check or money order mailed to the jail with the inmate’s name.
• Through lobby kiosks at the jail, which accept supported cash and card payments.

The Sheriff’s policy states that money deposited into an inmate’s account may first be applied to unpaid jail fees. An inmate who owes qualifying jail debt may be unable to order regular commissary until the debt is paid, although basic hygiene and stationery can still be ordered through the commissary provider under the stated policy.

Utah County Jail Contact Information

If the Arrest Happened Outside Utah County

There is no single county-jail roster that replaces every sheriff’s inmate system in Utah. If the person was arrested outside Utah County, identify the county where the booking occurred and use that county sheriff’s current inmate roster. For state-prison custody, use Utah DOC; for broader custody notification, use Utah VINE.

Examples of other western jail-search procedures on this site:

• Arizona Jail Inmate Search & Inmate Lookup
• CCDC Jail Inmate Search & Roster – Clark County, Nevada
• Arapahoe County Jail Inmate Search & Roster, Colorado

Utah Jail Inmate Search FAQs

Information reviewed October 15, 2026. Jail policies, fees, vendors and custody information can change. Use the linked government source for the live inmate record before making a time-sensitive decision.