Wasatch County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

The Sheriff’s inmate FAQ directs jail inquiries to 435-657-1619, at 1361 South Highway 40, Heber City, UT 84032. General Sheriff business uses 435-654-1098; non-emergency dispatch is 435-654-1411. Dispatch sends responders and supports law enforcement, while the jail handles detention questions. These numbers are not presented as interchangeable jail extensions.

The Corrections page describes a 100-bed facility and some state-prison housing in exchange for funding. That description is not a live population count, a vacancy promise or proof that every person arrested by a municipal or highway agency is booked there. Identify the actual custodian before paying for release or support.

Section 77-20-401 permits financial bail through the listed cash/check/money-order mechanisms, a guaranteed personal check, and cards when the receiving official chooses that option. A licensed surety provides a different route. The receiving official must forward those funds to the appropriate court within three days, beginning with the day after receipt.

That statute does not certify every tender at the local counter or create a three-day refund promise. Ask the jail at 435-657-1619, 1361 South Highway 40, Heber City, UT 84032, which method applies to the actual order and receiving office. Do not replace that instruction with the rules for an inmate’s commissary account.

The Sheriff identifies its Sheriff-designated inmate deposit option for credit-card deposits into the person’s jail cash account. It also describes cashier’s checks or money orders, excluding personal checks, and cash deposited in person during Sheriff office business hours. General office contact is 435-654-1098, 1361 South Highway 40, Heber City, UT 84032.

The FAQ places those deposits under commissary access for regular housing, not under a local bail-payment procedure. Its video and electronic-message services have their own purposes too. Use sending money for account support and the release order for bail; neither an account balance nor a message receipt authorizes discharge.

Section 77-20-204 sets eligibility before probable-cause submission, not a purchase option for every booking. A misdemeanor applicant needs an unavailable recognizance alternative and a written attendance promise; specified domestic-violence and DUI allegations are excluded. The local-ordinance branch concerns qualifying class B/C allegations.

A third-degree allegation needs to meet the statute’s felony conditions: attendance as the primary concern and no disqualifying prior-release, parole or probation status. Its authority ends when the magistrate starts reviewing probable cause. The specified 72-hour Corrections hold also bars this early route; money on a new allegation does not dispose of that hold.

The eligible felony branch cannot exceed $5,000 at this early stage. Eligible state misdemeanor C/B/A ceilings are, respectively, $340, $680 and $1,950. A qualifying local ordinance has an $80 class C ceiling or $150 at B. Multiple allegations from one arrest do not justify adding separate limits beyond the highest eligible amount.

The later judicial stage has a different schedule and a separate decision. Keeping those stages apart prevents a family from treating an early limit as the amount finally ordered by the court. It also avoids assuming that one case payment resolves every agency’s custody authority.

The judicial list in § 77-20-205.5 assigns a $10,000 second-degree reference and $5,000 for third degree. For first degree the general figure is $20,000, with $25,000 for the mandatory-minimum category. Capital allegations are not assigned an ordinary purchasable release figure by this schedule.

Its state misdemeanor C/B/A amounts are $350/$700/$2,000, and the state infraction amount is $130. Local ordinance infraction/C/B references are $25/$80/$150. For the later assessment, § 77-20-205 directs the magistrate to consider those defaults without adopting the jail figure by deference. Payment resources and attendance risk must be assessed independently, producing a single financial condition for the case.

The § 77-20-205 interim order and the later pretrial determination are different steps. The mandatory interim felony provision requires both substantial evidence and its specified previous-felony/habitual-offender conditions. The interim order can remain effective if the later decision is deferred for good cause, requested preparation or a detention request.

Available conditions and the statutory findings control. Neither ordinary offense seriousness nor an algorithm alone supplies the answer; resources, attendance risk and relevant personal circumstances matter. The alleged breach of a § 78B-7-802 agreement or order falls under a specific restriction. It does not supply a uniform result for all accusations concerning protective orders.

No seven-day unpaid waiting condition appears in the initial modification procedure under Rules 7/7A. The opposing party gets a reasonable chance to prepare, and victim-notice/attendance rights must be respected. Further motions require a material change; the passing of unpaid days does not automatically establish a legal presumption of inability.

The case’s court handles the motion: District is 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 110, Heber City, UT 84032, 435-654-4676, and County Justice is 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 100, Heber City, UT 84032, 435-654-2679. An existing condition remains until it is changed; an unrelated custodian’s hold also needs its own legal resolution. Counsel can address the appropriate motion and the actual grounds for continued custody.

R590-196 places a 10% floor and 20% ceiling on the initial premium. A set of forms may carry no more than $20, while a card charge has a 5% cap. The late-installment cap is whichever is smaller: 5% of the overdue installment or $20.

Written disclosures must identify the nonrefundable premium/fees and explain obligations of co-signers, collateral terms and revocation. That private contract is different from government-held bail and its refund rules. Nothing in those fee provisions verifies a local practice for pledging a deed or an equity percentage in place of the actual court condition.

Section 77-20-402 addresses the government’s handling of bail money, including applicable criminal-accounts-receivable deductions. Remaining amounts follow its cash or card-credit refund provisions; processing costs for a financial transaction are a separate part of the calculation. The accounting obligation under § 77-20-401 is not a deadline for the family’s refund.

A surety premium is governed by its nonrefund disclosure, while return of collateral follows the bond agreement and applicable obligations. Keep the case, payer and payment purpose together. A commissary cash balance, a court fine and government-held bail should not be treated as one interchangeable account.

• District Court: 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 110, Heber City, UT 84032; 435-654-4676.
• County Justice Court: 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 100, Heber City, UT 84032; 435-654-2679.
• Juvenile Court: 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 120, Heber City, UT 84032; 435-654-2988.
• Heber City Justice Court: 301 South Main Street, Suite 101, Heber City, UT 84032; 435-654-1662.

The county-filtered state directory also lists a Heber access kiosk; that support station is not a fifth court. District handles felonies and class A matters, while the proper Justice jurisdiction handles B/C misdemeanors and infractions. A shared highway address does not merge the courts or choose where a particular defendant must appear.

Use the case notice and the clerk responsible for the filed case. Xchange public court files covers public files and MyCase party access offers eligible party access. Jail custody information is not the court’s own hearing instruction.

A public defender request belongs before the judge. Financial eligibility and the qualifying case determine appointment when the accused cannot afford private representation. District contact is 435-654-4676, 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 110, Heber City, UT 84032; County Justice is 435-654-2679, 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 100, Heber City, UT 84032. Court staff can explain procedure but are not the defendant’s legal advisers.

The defense lawyer represents the accused, unlike the prosecutor. A general provider name or an old association phone number does not establish this case’s assignment. Direct the request to the actual case court rather than assuming the jail or a family member has already completed an adult defendant’s appointment process.

Heber Juvenile Court is 1361 South Highway 40, Suite 120, Heber City, UT 84032, 435-654-2988. The state’s Wasatch service map lists Slate Canyon Youth Center at 1991 South State Street, Provo, UT 84606, 801-342-7840. It lists that number for home detention as well, which is a different service from a locked bed.

A map entry identifies a youth service, not the placement decision for a particular child. Adult financial-release amounts, jail accounts and adult visiting arrangements do not select a juvenile destination. Keep the actual youth court and intake instructions separate from an adult booking inquiry.

The Sheriff explicitly describes housing some state-prison inmates for funding. The Corrections placement program also lists Wasatch among the county partners housing state inmates. Those sources establish a relationship, not the identity of a particular person, an empty bed or a completed transfer after sentencing.

The Corrections supervision search serves the department’s presently supervised population; unsentenced people in county detention are excluded. The Utah state prison section concerns that separate system. A state sentence and a transport/placement decision should not be collapsed into a promise that the person has already moved to a specific prison.

Wasatch appears in Central Division on the District of Utah’s federal map. The general clerk is 801-524-6100, 351 South West Temple, Room 1.100, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Let the federal notice identify attendance requirements instead of selecting a courtroom from the detention address.

A federal first appearance can address detention, with charging, a plea or trial and sentencing following as applicable. The Marshals arrange custody and transport, including contractual detention when used, and delivery for sentence service after conviction. A federal release decision remains necessary despite any local bail transaction. The BOP inmate locator also omits some people in pretrial custody outside its own system.

An immigration detainer can affect when someone leaves local custody. Ask the holding agency what it has received and whether a transfer is pending. Counsel can check how the request applies to this case. Use the ICE detainee locator for immigration custody.

Use the ICE detainee search for the covered population. the responsible Utah administrative contact is at 2975 Decker Lake Drive, Suite 100, West Valley City, UT 84119-6096, 801-736-1200. This contact is not a detention assignment. The sentence-completion provision at Utah § 17-72-505(5) covers the stated unlawfully present person and a felony or class A sentence. It is not a promise to pick up every county arrestee.