About Civil Division
The Civil Division transports prisoners to their court appointments, to medical providers, and to various facilities for evaluation and testing in the valley. The Division also serves thousands of civil papers throughout Salt Lake County.
Prisoner Transport
The Prisoner Transport Unit conducted nearly 35,000 transports during 2007. That equated to approximately 139 inmates every day.
Civil Process Service
State law requires the Sheriff to serve civil papers relating to judicial actions such as protective orders, judgments,
garnishments, summons, writs, and subpoenas. A dangerous job, deputies have been seriously injured while serving civil papers to unwilling litigants or suspects involved in domestic violence cases; therefore, we use only experienced, well-trained deputies in this unit. In 2007 Civil Process Unit deputies received 9,787 civil papers needing service.