Police & jail
FBI Most Wanted
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Salt Lake City area subjects.
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Where Salt Lake City's records are kept. Salt Lake City has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Salt Lake City's own offices, along with State of Utah offices; the Salt Lake County offices are on our Salt Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Salt Lake City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedState records
The Utah Division of Archives and Records Service in Salt Lake City holds state and local government records: birth, death, marriage, court and land records, name indexes and digital collections.
Open official site Utah State ArchivesPolice & jail
The registry moved to the Bureau of Criminal Identification at Utah Public Safety, which runs the sex, kidnap and child abuse offender registries and the search by name or address.
Open official site Utah sex offender registryCourt records
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorPolice & jail
The Utah Department of Corrections offender search: people in Utah state prisons or under adult probation and parole supervision, by name or offender number.
Open official site Utah corrections offender searchPolice & jail
The Bureau of Criminal Identification of the Utah Department of Public Safety: how to get a Utah criminal history record, your own or with consent, by fingerprint or through the right of access process, for a fee.
Open official site Utah criminal history record checkPolice & jail
A US Department of Justice search across public sex offender registries of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the territories and Indian Country, by name or by address.
Open official site National Sex Offender Public Website SearchState courts
Utah court records: the Xchange case search for district and justice court cases statewide, MyCase for parties to a case, and how to request records from any Utah court, from the Utah State Courts.
Open official site Utah court recordsCourt records
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseVital records
Utah birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics of the Department of Health and Human Services, ordered online, by mail or in person, with records from 1905.
Open official site Utah vital recordsState records
The Utah Division of Corporations business entity search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and DBAs by name or entity number, with filings, status and the registered agent.
Open official site Utah business entity searchCourt records
From the Frank E. Moss U.S. Courthouse in Salt Lake City, the court posts calendars refreshed every 20 minutes, today's case filings and Zoom hearing details, plus McVCIS phone access and PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of UtahCity records
Salt Lake City government, with the city recorder, GRAMA government records requests, the justice court, elections, police, building permits and business licensing, plus city council pages.
Open official site Salt Lake CityState records
MyCash, the Utah State Treasurer unclaimed property search: dormant accounts, uncashed checks, deposits and other property, claimed online by name.
Open official site Utah unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
13 more Salt Lake City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Salt Lake City, a place of 199,723 people, is in Salt Lake County. Court and property records sit with Salt Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Utah. Salt Lake City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Salt Lake County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Utah is run by the Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Salt Lake City.
Deeds for property in Salt Lake City are recorded by the Salt Lake County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Salt Lake County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Utah come from the state vital records office, Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.