53-29-303. Court responsibilities related to the registry.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)The court shall, after an offender is convicted of a registrable offense, within three business days after the day on which the conviction is entered, forward a signed copy of the judgment and sentence to the registry office.

(2)Upon modifying, withdrawing, setting aside, vacating, or otherwise altering a conviction for a registrable offense, the court shall, within three business days, forward a signed copy of the order to the registry office.

(a)An offender may change the offender's name in accordance with Title 42, Chapter 1, Change of Name, if the name change is not contrary to the interests of the public.

(b)Notwithstanding Section 42-1-2 , an offender shall provide notice to the department at least 30 days before the day on which the hearing for the name change is held.

(c)The court shall provide a copy of the order granting the offender's name change to the department within 10 days after the day on which the court issues the order.

(d)If the court orders an offender's name to be changed, the department shall publish on the registration website the offender's former name and the offender's changed name as an alias.

(4)Notwithstanding Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, information under Subsection

(2)that is collected and released under Subsection 53-29-404(3)(a) is public information, unless otherwise restricted under this chapter.

(5)The department shall redact information regarding the identity or location of a victim from information provided under Subsection

(2).

(6)In accordance with Section 77-7-5 , upon receipt of an affidavit seeking an arrest warrant described in Section 53-29-308 or 53-29-309 for a sex offender, the court shall, within a reasonable time, consider and, if the court determines that there is probable cause that the sex offender has committed the violation described in the affidavit seeking the arrest warrant, issue a warrant for the arrest of the sex offender.

Amended by Chapter 331 , 2026 General Session