Salt Lake County, Utah Inmate Search
Use Official Find a Prisoner service with separate jail dockets and roster links, published or designated by Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. The reviewed official sources establish this route for People in Salt Lake County Sheriff's Corrections Bureau custody at the Metro Jail or Oxbow Jail The public roster is a current custody tool with privacy identifiers removed and is not a complete historical criminal-record database
Salt Lake County: verified quick facts
Exactly how to use the official route
- Open Official Find a Prisoner service with separate jail dockets and roster links from the official button on this page.
- Open the official Official Find a Prisoner service with separate jail dockets and roster links published or designated by Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. Use only the identifiers accepted by that service and verify the jurisdiction before relying on a same-name result.
- Use these published or supported search details: Use the fields accepted by the official method described here; for phone-assisted checks, provide the full name and additional identifying details requested by staff
- Match the jurisdiction and at least two available identifiers; do not rely on a same-name match alone.
- If the county route is blank, follow the no-result decision tree before moving to Utah Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
What is actually verified for this county
| Evidence level | County/local operator route verified |
|---|---|
| Responsible agency | Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office |
| Official method | Official Find a Prisoner service with separate jail dockets and roster links — Official web/app lookup |
| Public contact | 385-468-8400 |
| Operational detail policy | Bail, visitation, mail, commissary, phone/video vendor, property-release, and detailed facility rules appear only when a local official source specifically verifies them. |
Official-system output and limits
| Question | Verified answer |
|---|---|
| Verified public coverage | People in Salt Lake County Sheriff's Corrections Bureau custody at the Metro Jail or Oxbow Jail |
| Accepted search information | Use the fields accepted by the official method described here; for phone-assisted checks, provide the full name and additional identifying details requested by staff |
| Current-custody status | Included within the published coverage statement for this official route. |
| Recent bookings | No separate recent-booking log was verified in the reviewed source set for this county route. |
| Custody notifications | No separate notification service is asserted by this page unless the official route itself provides one. |
| Charges and court dates | Not claimed as part of this verified county-custody route. Use the official court case-access system for charges, hearings, and disposition. |
| Historical or released-person records | The public roster is a current custody tool with privacy identifiers removed and is not a complete historical criminal-record database |
| Verified facility/location | Salt Lake County Metro Jail and Oxbow Jail; Primary facility: Metro Jail, 3415 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 |
No result? Use this county-specific search order
Check booking and intake timing
A very recent arrest may not appear until identity review, fingerprinting, medical screening, classification, and the agency record are complete.
Retry only the accepted identifiers
Use the fields accepted by the official method described here; for phone-assisted checks, provide the full name and additional identifying details requested by staff
Check release, transfer, and regional housing
A current-custody service can stop showing a person after release or transfer. Court movement, medical transport, contract housing, or a regional jail can also change the responsible agency.
Use Utah Department of Corrections only after a state commitment
Open Offender Search after sentencing, admission, or a documented transfer to state corrections. A blank county result alone does not establish state-prison custody.
Use the federal locator only for confirmed federal placement
A local arrest does not automatically create a Federal Bureau of Prisons record. Use the BOP locator after a federal sentence or confirmed BOP placement.
Call the published public contact for urgent confirmation
Call 385-468-8400 and ask Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office about the current custody route. Provide the full legal name and any booking, case, or agency identifier you already have.
County jail, state prison, federal custody, and court records are separate
| Situation | Correct starting point | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Recent local arrest or local detention | Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office — Official Find a Prisoner service with separate jail dockets and roster links | People in Salt Lake County Sheriff's Corrections Bureau custody at the Metro Jail or Oxbow Jail |
| Confirmed Utah state sentence or transfer | Utah Department of Corrections — Offender Search | People held in county jail awaiting trial are excluded from the UDC search |
| Confirmed federal sentence or BOP placement | Federal Bureau of Prisons locator guide | County and state systems do not replace the BOP locator. |
| Charges, hearing dates, disposition, certified records | Official court case-access or clerk system | An inmate roster is not a complete or certified court docket. |
Jurisdiction identity check
Salt Lake County uses Census GEOID 49035. The 2025 Census estimate is 1,220,916 residents, ranked #1 among 29 county equivalents in Utah. These figures identify the jurisdiction; they are not jail-population or capacity figures.
Nearby jurisdictions when the arrest location is uncertain
Davis County inmate search
Utah · GEOID 49011
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Utah · GEOID 49043
Tooele County inmate search
Utah · GEOID 49045
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Wasatch County inmate search
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San Juan County inmate search
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Rich County inmate search
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Official sources and the role of each source
Each row is an official URL with a stated role. Multiple URLs from the same agency are not represented as independent agencies.
| Official source role | What it verifies | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Primary official custody route | Official starting method for the custody coverage described on this Salt Lake County page. | Open official source |
| Local custody operator or agency source | Agency identity, local custody route, public contact, facility, or operational limitation stated by the local government source. | Open official source |
| Local custody operator or agency source | Agency identity, local custody route, public contact, facility, or operational limitation stated by the local government source. | Open official source |
| State-prison boundary source | Separate Utah state-corrections custody search; it is not treated as the county-jail locator. | Open official source |
| Local custody operator or agency source | Agency identity, local custody route, public contact, facility, or operational limitation stated by the local government source. | Open official source |
| Federal custody boundary source | Separate federal custody locator; county and state systems do not replace the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. | Open official source |
Last source check: 2026-07-18. Report an official-source change.
Accuracy and appropriate use
An arrest, booking, detainer, or custody listing is not proof of conviction. Records can change after bond, court action, release, transfer, classification, or sentence recalculation. This directory is not a consumer reporting agency and must not be used for employment, housing, credit, insurance, or other FCRA-regulated decisions.