Utah Code § 53-25-401

Law enforcement reporting requirements for genetic genealogy database
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utilizations .
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Commission" means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in
Section 63M-7-201.
(b) "Genetic genealogy database utilization" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53-10-403.7.
(c) "Law enforcement agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102.
(d) "Qualifying case" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7.
(2)
(a) Beginning on 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 genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by the law enforcement
agency under Section 53-10-403.7; and
(ii) for each utilization described in Subsection (2)(a)(i):
(A) if applicable, the type of qualifying case;
(B) for a criminal investigation, the alleged offense;
(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
(D) whether the results of the utilization revealed the identity of the owner of the DNA
specimen.
(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 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.
(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), including the number of genetic genealogy
database utilizations requested by each reporting law enforcement agency; and
(c) annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection (2) on the
commission's website.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 111, 2024 General Session

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