53-25-301. Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants.

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Effective 7/1/2026

(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 .

(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).

Amended by Chapter 291 , 2026 General Session