Utah § 53-25-301 - Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants.
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§ 53-25-301. Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants.
Effective 7/1/2026 53-25-301.
Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Anonymized" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23f-101.
(b)
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102.
(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 department 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 department 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 department 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 department's website a report of the data described in Subsection (2).
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