How to Find Utah Court Records (2026)

In person. Go to the Clerk of the District Court at the courthouse that heard the case, or the relevant Justice Court for small claims, traffic, or misdemeanor matters. Bring the case number if you have it; if not, the party names and an approximate filing year help the clerk search the index. Most courthouses have public terminals for searching the case index at no charge.

By mail. Write to the clerk of the courthouse with:

• the case number, or the full names of the parties and the year filed;
• exactly which documents you need (for example, "the final decree of divorce" or "the judgment");
• whether you need plain or certified copies; and
• a check or money order for the fee (plain paper copies are $0.25 per page under Rule 4-202.08; courts of record charge $4.00 per document plus $0.50 per page for a certified copy under Utah Code § 78A-2-301) or a request for a fee quote.

Call the specific courthouse first, since fees and turnaround can vary slightly by clerk's office. Turnaround by mail is typically one to three weeks.

Online. A subscription to Xchange lets you search case summaries and purchase available documents yourself for district- and justice-court cases; MyCase is free but limited to parties on their own case. Neither replaces a certified copy, which must come from the clerk.

Records older than the online index. Coverage in Xchange depends on when each court adopted the state's electronic case system, so older files may only exist on paper at the courthouse or in state archives, and the clerk may charge a search fee to locate them.

Utah court records are presumed open under the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration, but several categories will not appear in Xchange, MyCase, or the appellate docket search:

• Expunged records. Under Utah Code Title 77, Chapter 40a, a court can order a record expunged through a petition (with a Certificate of Eligibility from BCI) or, for many qualifying misdemeanors, automatically under the state's "Clean Slate" process. Once expunged, BCI deletes its record of the charge and the individual may lawfully respond as though the arrest or conviction never happened.
• Permanently ineligible offenses. Capital and first-degree felonies, violent felonies, felony DUI, registerable sex offenses, and offenses causing serious bodily injury or death can never be expunged, regardless of how much time has passed.
• Juvenile court records. Delinquency and abuse/neglect cases in juvenile court are confidential with only narrow statutory exceptions.
• Adoption records. Adoption case files are sealed by statute.
• Protective-order and certain domestic cases. Some information is restricted to protect victims' addresses and safety.

Access to non-confidential court records is governed by the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration (Rule 4-202 and related rules on records access), and requests to seal or classify a record as private are made to the court, not through a general public-records request.