Utah Code § 53-29-302

Law enforcement and agency responsibilities related to the registry
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Dynamic factors" means an individual's individual characteristics, issues, resources, or
circumstances that:
(i) can change or be influenced; and
(ii) affect the risk of:
(A) recidivism; or
(B) violating conditions of probation or parole.

(b) "Multi-domain assessment" means an evaluation process or tool that reports in quantitative
and qualitative terms an offender's condition, stability, needs, resources, dynamic factors,
and static factors that affect the offender's transition into the community and compliance with
conditions of probation or parole.
(c) "Static factors" means an individual's individual characteristics, issues, resources, or
circumstances that:
(i) are unlikely to be changeable or influenced; and
(ii) affect the risk of:
(A) recidivism; or
(B) violating conditions of probation or parole.
(2) A law enforcement agency shall:
(a) in the manner prescribed by the department, inform the department of:
(i) the receipt of a report or complaint of a registrable offense, within three business days after
the day on which the law enforcement agency received the report or complaint; and
(ii) the arrest of an individual suspected of a registrable offense, within five business days after
the day on which the law enforcement agency arrested the individual;
(b) comply with Subsection (10); and
(c) comply with the requirements described in Section 53-29-308.
(3) The Department of Corrections shall:
(a) register an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections with the department
upon:
(i) placement on probation;
(ii) commitment to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the
Department of Corrections;
(iii) release from confinement to parole status, termination or expiration of sentence, or escape;
(iv) entrance to and release from any community-based residential program operated by or
under contract with the Department of Corrections; or
(v) termination of probation or parole;
(b)
(i) for an offender convicted after May 7, 2025, of an offense committed in this state that
requires the individual to register as a sex offender, conduct, if available, multi-domain
assessments that are validated for the population and offense type of the offender to inform
the treatment and supervision needs of the offender; and
(ii) 30 days after the day on which a calendar quarterly period ends, submit the results of any
risk assessments completed under Subsection (3)(b)(i) during the preceding quarter to the
State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice;
(c) comply with Subsection (10); and
(d) ensure the Division of Adult Probation and Parole created in Section 64-14-202 complies with
the requirements described in Sections 53-29-309 and 64-14-203.
(4) The sheriff of the county in which an offender is confined shall:
(a) register an offender with the department, as required under this chapter, if the offender is not
in the custody of the Department of Corrections and is confined in a correctional facility not
operated by or under contract with the Department of Corrections upon:
(i) commitment to the correctional facility; and
(ii) release from confinement;
(b) comply with Subsection (10); and
(c) comply with the requirements described in Sections 17-72-301 and 53-29-308.
(5)

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), if an offender is sent on an assignment outside a
secure facility, including being assigned for firefighting or disaster control, the official who has
physical custody of the offender shall, within a reasonable time after the day of the offender's
removal from the secure facility, notify the local law enforcement agencies where the offender
is assigned.
(b) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to an offender temporarily released from a secure facility
setting who is under the supervision of a correctional facility official.
(6) The division shall:
(a) register an offender in the custody of the division with the department, as required under this
chapter, before the offender's release from custody of the division; and
(b) comply with Subsection (10).
(7) A state mental hospital shall:
(a) register an offender committed to the state mental hospital with the department, as required
under this chapter, upon the offender's admission and upon the offender's discharge; and
(b) comply with Subsection (10).
(8)
(a) A municipal or county law enforcement agency shall:
(i) register an offender who resides within the agency's jurisdiction and is not under the
supervision of the Division of Adult Probation and Parole within the Department of
Corrections;
(ii) comply with Subsection (10); and
(iii) comply with the requirements described in Section 53-29-308.
(b) A municipal or county law enforcement agency may conduct offender registration under this
chapter, if the agency ensures that the agency's staff responsible for registration:
(i) have received initial training by the department and have been certified by the department as
qualified and authorized to conduct registrations and enter offender registration information
into the registry database; and
(ii) annually certifies with the department.
(9) An agency in the state that registers with the department an offender on probation, an offender
who has been released from confinement to parole status or termination, or an offender whose
sentence has expired, shall inform the offender of the duty to comply with the continuing
registration requirements of this chapter during the period of registration required in Section
53-29-203, including:
(a) notification to the state agencies in the states where the registrant presently resides and plans
to reside when moving across state lines;
(b) verification of address at least every 60 days pursuant to a parole agreement for lifetime
parolees; and
(c) notification to the out-of-state agency where the offender is living, regardless of whether the
offender is a resident of that state.
(10) If an entity that is required to register an offender under this section discovers that a sex
offender does not have a residential address to provide under Subsection 53-29-304(4)(a)
(ii), the entity shall, within one business day after the day on which the entity discovers the
information, coordinate with the department, in accordance with Section 53-29-406, to ensure
that:
(a) the sex offender will begin to be monitored under the monitoring program described in Section
53-29-406; or
(b) the responsible entity under Section 53-29-406 seeks an arrest warrant for the sex offender.

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