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Utah Code Title 53. Public Safety Code § 53-25-301. Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Anonymized” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23f-101.

(b) “Commission” means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201.

(c) “Electronic device” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23f-101.

(d) “Law enforcement agency” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23c-101.2.

(e) “Reverse-location information” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23f-101.

(f) “Reverse-location warrant” means a warrant seeking reverse-location information under Section 77-23f-102, 77-23f-103, or 77-23f-104.

(2)(a) Beginning January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency shall annually on or before April 30 submit a report to the commission with the following data for the previous calendar year:

(i) the number of reverse-location warrants requested by the law enforcement agency under Section 77-23f-102, 77-23f-103, or 77-23f-104;

(ii) the number of reverse-location warrants that a court or magistrate granted after a request described in Subsection (2)(a)(i);

(iii) the number of investigations that used information obtained under a reverse-location warrant to investigate a crime that was not the subject of the reverse-location warrant;

(iv) the number of times reverse-location information was obtained under an exception listed in Section 77-23f-106;

(v) the warrant identification number for each warrant described under Subsection (2)(a)(ii) or (iii); and

(vi) the number of electronic devices for which anonymized electronic device data was obtained under each reverse-location warrant described under Subsection (2)(a)(ii).

(b) A law enforcement agency shall compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a) for each year in the standardized format developed by the commission under Subsection (4).

(3) If a reverse-location warrant is requested by a multijurisdictional team of law enforcement officers, the reporting requirement in this section is the responsibility of the commanding agency or governing authority of the multijurisdictional team.

(4) The commission shall:

(a) develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);

(b) compile the data submitted under Subsection (2); and

(c) annually on or before August 1, publish on the commission's website a report of the data described in Subsection (2).

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