{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53-25-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53-25-401","heading":"Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Department\" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102.\n(b) \"Genetic genealogy database utilization\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7.\n(c) \"Law enforcement agency\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102.\n(d) \"Qualifying case\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7.\n(2)\n(a) Beginning on January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency shall annually on or before April 30 submit a report to the department with the following data for the previous calendar year:\n(i) the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by the law enforcement agency under Section 53-10-403.7; and\n(ii) for each utilization described in Subsection (2)(a)(i):\n(A) if applicable, the type of qualifying case;\n(B) for a criminal investigation, the alleged offense;\n(C) whether the case was a cold case, as that term is defined in Section 53-10-115, at the time of the request for the utilization; and\n(D) whether the results of the utilization revealed the identity of the owner of the DNA specimen.\n(b) A law enforcement agency shall compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a) for each year in the standardized format developed by the department under Subsection (4).\n(3) If a genetic genealogy database utilization 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.\n(4) The department shall:\n(a) develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);\n(b) compile the data submitted under Subsection (2), including the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by each reporting law enforcement agency; and\n(c) annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection (2) on the department's website.","path":["Title 53 Public Safety Code","Chapter 53-25 Law Enforcement Requirements","Part 53-25-4 Reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database utilizations"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter25/53-25-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"91acde8ddfb9af68dc4fe781715fd86d227bef42c176a64ea4834b90fd492501","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53-25-301","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53-25-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}