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What We Do

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office is dedicated to serving our citizens through the pursuit of justice, good government, and doing what is right.

We prosecute roughly 40% of all crime that occurs in the state of Utah.

We are the in House Legal Counsel to the Salt Lake County Government.

Services

Our Mission

  • To confront, challenge and aggressively pursue crime in our community.
  • To be firm and fair, swift and sure in holding offenders accountable for their criminal conduct.
  • To be respectful and responsive to the needs of the victims of crime.
  • To oppose crime, promote justice with integrity without fear of personal, professional or political consequence and without regard to race, religion, gender, political affiliation, sexual orientation, social or economic status.
  • To nurture and promote respect for the professionals who serve our community as public servants by establishing high standards of professionalism, fair compensation, a good work environment with adequate resources to provide the highest levels of professional service to our citizens.
  • To be fiscally efficient, socially responsive and personally accountable.
  • To demand the highest levels of professionalism, competence, honor, integrity and ethics in the execution of our responsibilities in the service of our citizens.
  • To daily earn the respect of our citizens and the trust of our communities with the integrity of our actions and the ethics of our convictions.
  • To maintain the public trust, honor, integrity and pride in our professional responsibilities and judgements.
  • To serve our citizens.

Frequently Asked Questions

To have charges dropped please reach out to the police department that handled the particular case.

Protective and Restraining Orders are handled with the 3rd District Court

3rd District Court

Main Contact

(801) 238-7300

The District Attorney’s Office does not handle divorce or custody cases.