{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-77-27-5.6","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 77-27-5.6","heading":"Pardon timelines for an offender on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Division\" means the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.\n(b) \"Minor\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.\n(c) \"Registry\" means the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry created in Section 53-29-102.\n(d) \"Sex offender\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-29-101.\n(2) The board may only consider issuing a pardon to an offender for an offense that requires the offender to register as a sex offender on the registry if:\n(a) for an offender who is required to register for 10 years under Subsection 53-29-203(1)(a), 10 years have passed after the later of:\n(i) the day on which the offender was placed on probation;\n(ii) the day on which the offender was released from incarceration to parole;\n(iii) the day on which the offender's sentence was terminated without parole;\n(iv) the day on which the offender entered a community-based residential program; or\n(v) for a minor, the day on which the division's custody of the offender was terminated; or\n(b) for an offender who is required to register for the offender's lifetime under Subsection 53-29-203(1)(b), 20 years have passed after the later of:\n(i) the day on which the offender was placed on probation;\n(ii) the day on which the offender was released from incarceration to parole;\n(iii) the day on which the offender's sentence was terminated without parole;\n(iv) the day on which the offender entered a community-based residential program; or\n(v) for a minor, the day on which the division's custody of the offender was terminated.\n(3) The timelines described in Subsection (2) do not apply to:\n(a) an individual whose conviction was vacated, reversed, or otherwise set aside; or\n(b) an individual who was found to be factually innocent by a court after filing a petition for:\n(i) postconviction relief under Title 78B, Chapter 9, Postconviction Remedies Act; or\n(ii) a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254.","path":["Title 77 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 77-27 Pardons and Parole"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter27/77-27-S5.6.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"949eb453b5321f082dfb8ff700f97866120e75326837c41db448fa7e062ad7b4","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-77-27-5.5","next":"us-ut/utah-code-77-27-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}