Salt Lake Valley Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Enter her name in Tooele County Inmate Search. Brand-new bookings can take a while to appear. If she is not there yet, call the Detention Center at 435-277-4200 or the Sheriff's Office main line at 435-882-5600 and ask whether she has been booked and whether any other agency has a hold on her.

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The Tooele County Detention Center is at 1960 South Main Street, Tooele, UT 84074. The Sheriff's Office runs it, and it holds Tooele County's pretrial inmates. For the amount, the payment types the desk takes, and whether she is ready to leave, call 435-277-4200.

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Utah splits the process into two stages. At booking, a county jail official, who is the sheriff or someone the sheriff names, can release an eligible person on a written promise to appear or set a limited financial condition. Next, a magistrate or judge holds the first appearance and issues a pretrial status order.

Ask the Third District Court at 435-833-8000 when she is on the calendar.

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State law puts a ceiling on what the jail official may set: $5,000 for an eligible felony, $1,950 for a class A misdemeanor, $680 for a class B, and $340 for a class C. City or county ordinance violations are capped at $150 for class B and $80 for class C. When there are multiple charges, the official picks one amount, no higher than the cap for the worst charge.

If the case needs a judge, the judge's order replaces the jail's figure.

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No. At the first appearance the magistrate sets any financial condition fresh, gives the jail's figure no deference, and picks one amount for the whole case. Most conditions must come from the state's financial condition schedule, and the magistrate weighs the chance of missing court along with what the person can afford.

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Prove her ties here. Utah judges weigh health, character, family and community connections, work history, money, record, substance-use history, past court attendance, and whether she was already on release. A letter from her employer, a lease or a utility bill in her name, and relatives in the courtroom speak to those points.

The law forbids keeping a person only on the seriousness of the charge or only on a risk score, unless the charge is a capital felony.

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There is a formal one. After seven days without payment, she can ask the court to modify the financial condition. The court starts by presuming she cannot pay and may cut the amount or substitute conditions like treatment, a curfew, or electronic monitoring. Later requests rest on a material change in circumstances.

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Utah law allows a county jail to take cash, a certified or cashier's check, a personal check with a check guarantee card, a money order, or a credit card, but only if that jail has chosen to take them. Each jail decides which of these to accept.

Ask the Detention Center at 435-277-4200 which ones it takes, and bring a cashier's check or cash if you cannot get an answer. The jail passes bail to the court within three days.

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Use one only when the full amount is out of reach. Utah licenses bail bond agents through the Insurance Department, and the premium must be between 10 and 20 percent of the bond. On a $1,950 bond that is $195 to $390. Compare agencies before you sign, and read the bail bond agreement for missed-court costs.

The state lets an agent bill up to $20 for forms and up to 5 percent for a card payment.

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A one-page disclosure before release. It must state the bail amount, the fee breakdown, any collateral kept, your obligations to the agency and the court, the grounds for revoking the bond, extra charges, any needed co-signers, and how collateral is released.

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The judge decides property bonds. Call the Third District Court at 435-833-8000 before gathering deeds. Ask about location, required equity, and signatures from every owner.

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Felonies and serious cases are in the Third District Court, 74 South 100 East, Suite 14, Tooele, UT 84074. Misdemeanors that start in the county go to the Tooele County Justice Court, 74 South 100 East, Room 12, 435-843-3230. The prosecutor is the county attorney in Room 26 at 435-843-3120. All three are in the same building.

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Article I, section 8 of the Utah Constitution permits denial of bail for a capital offense, for a new felony committed on probation, on parole, or on bail for an earlier felony, and for other crimes the legislature designates when a court finds clear and convincing evidence of danger or flight. Each needs substantial evidence for the charge.

A protective-order arrest means no release before the first appearance. Detention can be appealed quickly, and counsel must be available at the detention hearing.

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The judge appoints a lawyer for her if she qualifies, and the request is made at the first appearance. Questions about the calendar go to the Third District Court at 435-833-8000. The county attorney prosecutes the case and cannot advise her.

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Juvenile matters run through the Third District Juvenile probation office at 74 South 100 East, #14, 435-833-8000. That office tells a parent where the young person is being held and when the hearing is. Tooele Youth Services, 435-566-5925, offers daytime counseling and crisis help for youth who cannot be taken home. It is not a detention center.

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A missed date can bring a bench warrant. If the failure was willful or repeated, the judge must ask whether a bail bond would help her return. Call a lawyer and the court that day. Keep every receipt with the case number, because the court may take fines and fees from cash bail before returning the rest, and a bondsman's premium is the price of the service, so ask in writing whether any part comes back.

Official staff will not request gift cards or app transfers. Confirm any request by dialing 435-277-4200.

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