Search Sevier County Released Inmates

Sevier County Release Meanings

A release is a change in custody, but the word does not always mean that a person walked free. Sevier County Jail holds local detainees, prisoners for three counties, and people under Utah Department of Corrections authority. Someone may leave the Richfield building for home, a court-approved pretrial program, another county jail, a state prison, federal custody, or another lawful placement. The next record depends on the legal custodian, not just the building where the person slept.

A current roster answers a narrow question: who is shown in custody now. It is not a release archive. When a name drops away, seek an affirmative release event from the jail, Utah VINE, the court docket, or UDC and the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. Ask whether the departure was a community release or transfer. That one distinction prevents a custody move from being reported as freedom.

Sevier County Release Record Fields

There is no single statewide form called a release record. In Sevier County, the useful record may be a booking sheet, jail movement log, bond entry, release sheet, court order, or a response from the records custodian. Request the existing booking-and-release record for one named booking episode. Give enough detail to distinguish people with similar names, but do not send sensitive data through an unverified channel.

Request Sevier County Release Records

Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act, or GRAMA, governs access to state and local records. The Sevier County Sheriff's Office records instructions link to an electronic GRAMA form. The sheriff listed a $5 basic request, $25 when digital media is needed, and $50 for certification on the August 8, 2026 research date. Fees can change. Ask for an estimate before costly work begins.

1. Identify the person, approximate booking date, and booking or case number if known.
2. Name the existing booking record, release entry, movement log, and booking photograph sought. For a group report, define exact Mountain Time start and end points.
3. Ask for release date and time, authority or reason, and any receiving agency or destination code. Request electronic copies and segregable public portions.
4. Submit through the official county GRAMA form. Keep the confirmation and note the date filed.
5. If any part is withheld, request the record classification and legal basis. GRAMA provides an appeal path through the entity's chief administrative officer.

Utah Code §63G-2-204 generally requires a response as soon as reasonably possible and no later than ten business days. A request that demonstrates a public benefit may qualify for a five-business-day response. Extraordinary circumstances can extend the period. The office must identify the circumstance and estimate when it can respond. GRAMA does not force an agency to create a new report or conduct an analysis, so wording the request around existing records matters.

Sevier County Sheriff's Office
835 East 300 North
Richfield, UT 84701
Main: 435-896-2600
Jail: 435-896-2660
Confirm records-counter hours before visiting.

Note: Under Utah guidance, the first 15 minutes of staff search and retrieval are free, while lawful actual-cost charges may follow.

Sevier Release Records and Expungement

Public access depends on classification. A booking photograph is a government record, yet a current GRAMA basis may permit withholding or redaction. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, investigative, victim, medical, and security-sensitive information can also be restricted. The county's underlying retention schedule is separate from the length of time a vendor or web page displays a name. No reliable public Sevier County web-retention period was found.

Utah expungement seals government records and removes an expunged case from public Xchange. The Utah Courts expungement instructions explain petition routes, exclusions, and automatic-expungement changes. An authorized person viewing their own record in MyCase may see “Case Expunged.” Expungement does not erase every old private copy or news story, but a sealed case should not be treated as a data glitch or republished.

Correct Sevier County Release Records

A correction request must go to the owner of the disputed field. Send a Sevier County Jail booking or release error to the sheriff's records custodian. Give the booking number, the exact field, the value shown, and the record that supports the proposed correction. Ask the office to preserve the original audit trail while reviewing the entry.

Utah Courts identifies the court clerk as the official keeper of a docket. A wrong Xchange entry therefore goes to the clerk for the court named on the case, not to jail staff. UDC and the Board own state custody status and decision records. An expunged case missing from public Xchange is not an error: an authorized MyCase view can instead display “Case Expunged.”

Sevier County Pretrial Release Conditions

A person can be out of Sevier County Jail while the criminal case remains open. The county's pretrial release program says a judge decides whether release is allowed and sets the conditions. Conditions may include GPS or alcohol monitoring, which can carry fees. The page lists a one-time $60 supervision fee and identifies Deputies Ryan Jensen and Brooke Moosman as local contacts.

Pretrial release is not a discharge, acquittal, or sentence completion. Check the jail record for physical departure and the court docket for the release order and later case events. A missed condition may return the matter to court. This distinct local path explains why “released” and “case closed” must never be used as synonyms.

Find Sevier County Released Inmates

Start with identity, then move through the system that most likely holds the affirmative record. A full legal name, age or birth-date fragment, booking date, case number, or offender number reduces false matches. Preserve the status wording and access date because a parole date, hold, or supervision status can change.

1. Call Sevier County Jail at 435-896-2660. Ask if the person is held now and, if not, whether departure was community release or transfer.
2. Search Utah VINE by name or offender ID. Treat a status change as an alert, then confirm its legal meaning with the custodian.
3. Use Utah Courts Xchange for the case docket, release order, disposition, judgment, sentence, or warrant. A person can use MyCase for many of their own cases.
4. For a Utah sentence or contract inmate, use UDC Offender Search and the Board's latest decision. For post-release supervision, verify AP&P through current UDC information.
5. For federal custody, use the BOP locator. If the jail reports an ICE handoff, use ICE's current detention system and information line.
6. File a focused GRAMA request when no online tool preserves the historical county release entry.

The county does not publish a verified populated rolling 24-hour or 72-hour release feed. Its official “Inmate Search” and “Felony Release Report” routes were placeholders during research. The Sevier County 24-Hour Releases page explains the same-day fallback without manufacturing a list.

UDC Sevier Release Status Search

The Utah Department of Corrections Offender Search covers people currently under UDC custody or supervision. It can show a former prisoner while parole remains active. It is not a full archive of people whose UDC jurisdiction has ended, and someone whose only custody was a Sevier County pretrial booking may never appear.

The official UDC landing page is shown below. Its agency context is safer to bookmark than an application address that may change.

Open the UDC Offender Search source before entering a name or offender number.

The captured landing page establishes the statewide route. A result must still be reconciled with the latest Board order and the release-day custody entry.

Sevier Jail Mixed-Custody Releases

The sheriff describes Sevier County Jail as a 146-bed facility that houses people for three counties and UDC. A separate UDC county-jail program inventory reports 141 total beds and 70 contract or available beds for Corrections in its dated inventory. Those figures reflect different sources and dates. Neither figure is a release-search field.

The mixed population is the key fact. A person can leave the Richfield jail and remain another county's detainee or a UDC prisoner. Ask which agency held legal custody, who authorized the movement, and which agency received the person. UDC work crews and local programs also do not mean release. They are authorized activities within custody.

Sevier Jail Programs Are Custody

UDC's county-jail program inventory lists education, treatment or religious activity, and work crews delivered locally at Sevier County Jail. It also identifies contract beds used by Corrections. These programs help explain why a state prisoner can be physically housed at the county facility even though UDC and the Board control the state record.

Participation is not proof of release. A work crew may operate outside the secure building while participants remain in lawful custody. Likewise, completing a local program does not by itself establish parole or sentence termination. Verify an actual community release through the newest Board order, UDC status, AP&P when supervision begins, and the release-day custody record.

Sevier Release Records in Court

Sevier County lies in Utah's Sixth Judicial District, while justice courts handle matters within their limited jurisdiction. Since the jail holds for more than one county and for UDC, the closest courthouse may not own the controlling case. Match the case number and court name from the booking or custody record before asking a clerk for a disposition.

Utah Courts explains Xchange access and limits. Xchange can preserve a register of actions after a jail name disappears, including bail, dismissal, judgment, sentence, probation, warrants, and later termination entries. It excludes juvenile, sealed, expunged, and certain restricted cases. A docket explains legal action, while the jail log supplies the physical release time.

Use the Sixth District directory for the current clerk office. A missing Xchange result does not prove that no booking or release occurred.

Sevier Post-Release Supervision Records

The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole decides parole for eligible state prisoners. UDC Adult Probation and Parole carries out field supervision. Search the Board by first and last name, offender number, or date range, then read the newest decision document. An earlier grant may be changed by a later rescission or review.

Parole

Release from prison while the sentence and Board authority continue.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision that does not always follow prison.

Discharge

Termination or expiration of the relevant custody or supervision authority.

Detainer

A request or authority that may cause another agency to take custody.

Sevier County is served by AP&P Region 4 in Richfield, but assignments can change. The county jail's UDC contract role also means a person housed locally may follow the state release path. Education, treatment, religious programs, and work crews listed for the jail do not prove release. Confirm parole with the Board order, UDC status, and the supervising office.

Sevier Release Alerts and Federal Records

Utah VINE is a free and anonymous custody-information and notification service for Utah prisons and jails, subject to the data supplied by each agency. A result may show custody status, reporting location, and a release date when supplied. VINE also reports some transfers. It is a notification layer, not the court order or official release reason.

Federal sentenced prisoners belong in the BOP Inmate Locator. A historical result can show a release date and wording such as “Released” or “Not in BOP custody.” It does not establish freedom from Utah, local, or immigration custody. Federal pretrial movements may remain with the U.S. Marshals Service and a contract holding facility instead.

ICE's locator primarily addresses current detention and is not a dependable release archive. A Sevier Jail entry saying “released to ICE” indicates transfer. No official source reviewed established a standing Sevier County Jail ICE contract, so confirm each detainer and receiving agency from the actual record.

Sevier Released or Still Held

Match the question to the source. No one portal covers county, state, federal, and immigration custody, and a negative search is rarely enough by itself.

Sevier County Release Facilities

Five facility paths matter to a complete Sevier County release search. Only one is the adult county jail. The youth center has restricted records, the two Utah prisons use statewide systems, and the federal locator covers BOP custody nationwide.

• Sevier County Jail: confirm county release, transfer, court action, or UDC contract custody.
• Central Utah Youth Center: authorized parties must use the facility, counsel, or juvenile court.
• Central Utah Correctional Facility: verify state parole or discharge through UDC and the Board.
• Utah State Correctional Facility: follow the same statewide prison-release route.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons institutions: use the national locator for BOP release history.

Each record should name the legal custodian and destination. That is the clearest way to separate release to the community from a move between agencies.