Carbon County Arrest and Booking Reports
Carbon County booking reports are kept by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office at 240 W Main St in Price, Utah. The Sheriff's Office operates a jail with about 80 beds and handles all bookings for Carbon County. The Price Police Department at 910 N 700 E also makes arrests in the area. Carbon County serves the communities of Price, Helper, Wellington, East Carbon, and Scofield. You can call the Sheriff at (435) 636-3254 or Price PD at (435) 636-3191 to ask about booking reports and arrest records.
Carbon County Sheriff's Office
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office is the main law enforcement agency for the unincorporated areas of the county and provides jail services for all local agencies. The office is at 240 W Main St, Price, UT. Call (435) 636-3254 for general questions about booking reports or jail records.
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office website has contact details and information about the department. The jail has roughly 80 beds and holds inmates awaiting trial, serving short sentences, or waiting for transfer. Each person who enters the jail goes through a full booking process that creates a permanent record in the Carbon County system.
The Sheriff's Office also coordinates with the Price Police Department on arrests within city limits. Both agencies feed booking data into the same county jail system.
Price Police and Carbon County Bookings
The Price Police Department handles law enforcement within Price city limits. Officers who make arrests bring suspects to the Carbon County jail for booking. The Price PD is at 910 N 700 E, Price, UT, and their phone number is (435) 636-3191.
The Price Police Department website has information about their services and how to request records. When Price PD makes an arrest, the booking report is created at the Carbon County jail. So even though the arrest was by a city officer, the booking report lives in the county system. To get a copy of a booking report from a Price PD arrest, you can contact either the Price Police or the Carbon County Sheriff's Office.
Helper, Wellington, East Carbon, and Scofield also fall under Carbon County for jail services. Arrests in any of these towns result in bookings at the same county facility in Price.
Note: All arrests in Carbon County, regardless of the arresting agency, are booked into the same county jail and produce booking reports held by the Sheriff's Office.
How to Search Carbon County Booking Reports
You can search for Carbon County booking reports in several ways. The most direct is to call the Sheriff's Office at (435) 636-3254. Staff can check the system by name or date and tell you if a booking report exists. For a formal copy, you will likely need to submit a written request.
Other ways to search include:
- Contact the Sheriff's records division for specific booking details
- Submit a Carbon County records request
- Search the Utah BCI criminal records database for statewide data
- Use the Utah DOC offender search for state prison records
The BCI database includes arrest data from Carbon County going back many years. It is a good option when you need to check for records across a long time period or across multiple Utah counties at once.
Carbon County GRAMA Records Requests
Carbon County accepts public records requests under GRAMA, the Government Records Access and Management Act. This Utah law at Utah Code 63G-2 lets you request booking reports and other government records. The county must respond within 10 business days.
You can submit a GRAMA request to the Carbon County Sheriff's Office at 240 W Main St, Price, UT 84501. Include the name of the person, the date range for the booking, and what records you want. Be specific about whether you need the full booking report, just the charges, or other details. Carbon County may charge a fee for copies, but the amount is usually small for single booking reports. Most requests are straightforward and do not take long to fulfill.
Note: Carbon County's corrections division at the jail handles day-to-day booking data, while the main records office processes formal GRAMA requests.
Carbon County Jail Booking Process
When someone is arrested in Carbon County, they are taken to the county jail at 240 W Main St in Price. The Carbon County corrections division runs the booking process. Staff collect personal information, take photographs, and record fingerprints. All charges are logged into the booking system.
The booking report includes the person's name, date of birth, physical description, charges, arresting agency, arrest date and time, and bail amount if set. Carbon County sends fingerprint data to the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification for the statewide database. The report becomes a public record once the booking is complete. The entire process at the Carbon County jail takes about one to two hours depending on how busy the facility is that day.
State Resources for Carbon County Records
Several state agencies maintain records that overlap with Carbon County booking reports. The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification keeps a central database of all arrests across the state. Carbon County data feeds into this system automatically when fingerprints are processed.
The Utah State Archives holds older criminal records that may not be in the active BCI system. For Carbon County booking reports from decades ago, the archives may be the best source. The BCI expungement page has information about clearing eligible records from the system.
Cities in Carbon County
Carbon County includes Price, the county seat, along with Helper, Wellington, East Carbon, and Scofield. All arrests in these communities are booked at the Carbon County jail in Price.
Nearby Counties
Carbon County borders several other Utah counties. Each one operates its own jail and maintains separate booking reports.