Utah Code § 20A-2-603

General request for voter registration records
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this part, or another express provision of law,
upon receiving a request under this section from a person for voter registration records, the
lieutenant governor or a county clerk:
(a) shall disclose to the person the standard voter data from a public registered voter's voter
registration record; and
(b) may not disclose to the person:
(i) information from a public registered voter's voter registration record that is not standard voter
data; or
(ii) any information from an at-risk voter's voter registration record.
(2) A person that receives information under Subsection (1)(a):
(a) shall ensure, using industry standard security measures, that the information may not be
accessed by another person, unless the other person is an authorized agent of the person
that receives the information under Subsection (1)(a);
(b) may only use the information in a manner the person is permitted to use the information under
Subsection 20A-2-607(3);
(c) may not:
(i) use or share the information for a purpose other than a purpose described in Subsection (2)
(b); or
(ii) grant access to the information to a person other than an authorized agent of the person
that receives the information under Subsection (1)(a);
(d) notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), may not grant access to the information or share the
information with another person, if the person that receives the information under this section
believes that the other person:
(i) will use or share the information in a manner other than a manner described in Subsection
(2)(b); or
(ii) will not comply with Subsection (2)(a), (b), or (c); and
(e) may limit access by an authorized agent of the person to only the portion of the information
needed for the authorized agent to fulfill a purpose for which the authorized agent is:
(i) permitted by law to use the information; and
(ii) authorized by the person who receives the information under Subsection (1)(a).
(3) Before providing the information described in Subsection (1)(a) to a person under this section:
(a) if an individual is requesting the information on behalf of another person, the lieutenant
governor or county clerk shall verify that the individual requesting the information on behalf of
the other person is an authorized agent of the other person; and
(b) the individual requesting the information under Subsection (3)(a) shall sign a request form
that includes:
(i) the name, address, and telephone number of the person that is seeking the information;
(ii) the individual's name, address, and telephone number;
(iii) a statement that the individual is requesting the information:
(A) on the individual's own behalf; or

(B) as an authorized agent of the other person described in Subsection (3)(a) and has
presented to the lieutenant governor or the county clerk valid verification that the individual
is an authorized agent of the other person;
(iv) a statement that the individual and, if applicable, the other person described in Subsection
(3)(a):
(A) will comply with the requirements described in Subsection (2); and
(B) will not provide or use the information obtained from the list of registered voters in a
manner that is prohibited by law;
(v) a statement that obtaining the information under false pretenses, or providing or using the
information in a manner that is prohibited by law, is punishable as a class A misdemeanor
and by a civil fine; and
(vi) notice that if a person makes a false statement in the request form, the person is
punishable by law under Section 76-8-504.
(c) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the information described in
Subsection (1)(a) to a person requesting the information under this section if the lieutenant
governor or county clerk has probable cause to believe that the person:
(i) is not the person whom the person claims to be;
(ii) is not an agent of the person of whom the person claims to be an agent; or
(iii) will use or share the information in a manner prohibited by law.

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