Garfield County Mugshot Records
A mugshot is a photograph made during booking or correctional intake. Release does not turn the image into a new record, erase it, or prove that it is open to every requester. Utah draws a sharp line between a county jail booking image and a state prison photograph. The agency that made the image controls the source record, and the facts behind the arrest or sentence determine which access rule applies.
UDC affirmatively lists a prison photo among public offender information. A Garfield County Jail image is narrower. GRAMA § 63G-2-305(80) generally protects a jail booking image unless a listed condition applies, such as a conviction based on the booked conduct, a qualifying law-enforcement release, a court order for a legitimate law-enforcement interest, or the narrow victim-view route. Other booking and release fields may be public even if the photograph is withheld.
The image also says little about current status. It may be tied to an arrest that ended in dismissal, a county release followed by transfer, or an old prison term. Use the release record and court disposition to establish what happened. The photograph only identifies the image from that custody event.
Find Garfield County Released Mugshots
No functioning official Garfield County roster, release-photo gallery, or jail mobile app was found. That removes the quickest path used in some counties. It also means the former sheriff inmate-booking address and an old image found elsewhere cannot be treated as an official current source. The strongest local path is a focused GRAMA request.
| Channel | Has a photo? | How to access |
|---|---|---|
| Garfield sheriff roster or release feed | No working official feed found | Do not rely on the former endpoint |
| Sheriff mobile app | No official jail lookup app found | Use the records request instead |
| Sheriff GRAMA request | Possible, subject to Utah restrictions | Request the exact booking image and sign the required statement |
| UDC prison record | UDC lists a prison photo as public information | Use UDC search or its GRAMA route for a state prisoner |
| VINE | No photo feature verified for Garfield records | Use it for custody status or alerts, not as the image source |
| News or third-party archive | Sometimes, but no systematic local archive verified | Compare against official identifiers and records |
A current jail roster, if one later becomes available, would still focus on people in custody. A released person normally leaves that list. Garfield County's official jail page currently offers contacts, not a name search or photo archive. For a named-person release check, follow the Garfield County released-inmate record path rather than inferring status from a missing photograph.
Request Garfield County Booking Photos
The Garfield County Sheriff GRAMA page and its official PDF form are the local request route. Describe one known custody event so staff can locate an existing record without building a custom report. Include the full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking date, booking or SO number, and court case number. Ask for the associated booking photograph in electronic form, if it is public.
- Download the sheriff's GRAMA form and identify the record as precisely as possible.
- Request the booking photo and related booking or release identifiers for the same event.
- Sign any statement required by Utah law about publish-for-pay use.
- Email the form to Tom.Talbot@garfield.utah.gov or use the form's return address.
- Ask for an estimate before staff incurs chargeable search, retrieval, or copy costs.
The sheriff says the office has up to ten business days to respond or release records. That is a response deadline, not a promise that the image will be produced. The office may grant the request, deny it with legal grounds, ask for clarification, report that it does not hold the image, provide an estimate, or invoke a lawful extension. Private, protected, or controlled material may be withheld, and identification is required before private or protected records are released to an eligible record subject.
The successful capture of the sheriff's GRAMA instructions shows the official access route, limits, and response statement.
The form should remain tied to a specific booking because a broad photo request may create added search and retrieval cost.
Garfield County Mugshot Photo Fees
Garfield County's form gives an unusually clear photo schedule. It lists photographs at $25 on a CD or $2 per printed page. Those amounts state the copy price for an available image. They do not override GRAMA classification or make every booking photograph public. The office may also charge direct administrative costs for broad search and retrieval work.
| Photo item | Listed amount |
|---|---|
| Photographs on CD | $25 |
| Printed photo page | $2 per page |
The form may be emailed to Tom.Talbot@garfield.utah.gov or returned to Garfield County Sheriff's Office, 375 N. 700 W., P.O. Box 375, Panguitch, UT 84759. The jail page lists P.O. Box 370, creating a source discrepancy. Use Box 375 for the form, but call 435-676-2678 before mailing when timing matters. This specific request-and-fee path is the best official local photo channel found for Garfield County.
Note: A posted copy price does not guarantee disclosure; the sheriff must still apply Utah's booking-image restrictions to the requested photograph.
Garfield County Prison Photographs
A UDC prison photograph is not the Garfield County booking photo. It comes from a different agency and may reflect a later state commitment. This matters because Garfield County Jail holds both local detainees and state prisoners under contract. A person may have a county booking image, a UDC prison image, or both. Each photograph must be labeled by its source.
UDC lists the prison photograph, legal status, offender number, custody location, offenses and sentence length, Board hearing date, Parole/Expiration Date, sentencing court, sentence date, and case number as public information. The UDC public-information page also links its state GRAMA route. Search the offender number first when available, then compare the sentencing case and identity fields.
The capture supports a prison-photo request for a state inmate, but it does not turn that image into a Garfield County Sheriff's booking photograph.
A parolee may still appear because UDC supervises the person after prison release. Someone whose sentence and supervision ended may no longer appear in the current-supervision search. In that situation, request an existing UDC status record and public prison photograph rather than assuming the absence of a result means no image exists.
Verify Garfield County Mugshot Sources
No reputable local news archive or sheriff release-photo archive was verified as a systematic source. News reports can include a lawfully released official image, but a report may concern an arrest rather than a later disposition. Read the publication date, identify the agency named as the picture source, and match the name, booking date, and case number with official records.
Commercial aggregators can keep stale photos, miss a dismissal or expungement, and confuse Garfield County, Utah with Garfield counties in Colorado, Oklahoma, or Washington. They are discovery leads at most. No commercial mugshot publisher or removal service is linked or endorsed. An official sheriff, UDC, or court record should control any conclusion about the person, custody event, and outcome.
A photo does not prove release. Nor does its disappearance. The Garfield County 24-hour release route explains why the sheriff's lack of a feed requires telephone confirmation and a records request. Keep the image inquiry separate from the custody-status inquiry, even when both concern the same booking.
Garfield County Mugshot Removal Rules
Utah Code § 17-72-802 bars a sheriff from providing a booking-photo copy for a publish-for-pay publication or site, or when GRAMA protects the image. A requester must sign a statement that the copy will not be placed with such a service. A false statement may bring criminal liability. This rule limits disclosure even when another part of the booking or release record is public.
The statute also regulates a publish-for-pay operator that already has an image. In the ordinary case, the operator must remove and destroy it within 30 calendar days after the subject requests removal and cannot condition removal on more than $50. If the charge ended in acquittal or nonprosecution, or was expunged, vacated, or pardoned, supplying proof triggers a seven-calendar-day removal duty without a fee. The law provides escalating daily consequences for failure. Use the statute itself for the exact remedy rather than trusting a commercial removal pitch.
Expungement is a separate court process. The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification expungement page explains the certificate-of-eligibility stage, while a court issues the order. A certificate is not the order. An agency's ordinary use or release is not restricted until it receives the signed order. Independent news material also does not vanish merely because government records are sealed.
The BCI capture identifies the official starting point for sealing eligible Utah records, not a promise that every photo or case qualifies.