53-29-308. Local law enforcement agency responsibilities for sex offender registrant monitoring and arrest.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)As used in this section:

(a)"Law enforcement interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, that provides law enforcement services.

(b)"Law enforcement special district" means a district that provides law enforcement services under:

(i)Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts; or

(ii)Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act.

(c)"Monitoring program" means the same as the term "program" is defined in Section 53-29-406 .

(d)"Municipal law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency that is operated by:

(i)a municipality;

(ii)a law enforcement interlocal entity; or

(iii)a law enforcement special district.

(e)"Municipality" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-1-104 .

(2)Except as provided in Subsection

(3), a sheriff shall accept and begin monitoring program oversight responsibility for a sex offender who is on the monitoring program if the sheriff receives notice from:

(a)the department under Section 53-29-406 ; or

(b)a sheriff of a different county, or a municipal law enforcement agency, that is transferring monitoring program oversight responsibility for a sex offender based on the sex offender's change in jurisdiction as described in Subsection

(7).

(a)A municipal law enforcement agency shall accept and begin monitoring program oversight responsibility as described in Subsection (3)(b) if the municipal law enforcement agency has accepted responsibility for the monitoring program for sex offenders in the municipal law enforcement agency's jurisdiction under a written agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the municipal law enforcement agency is located.

(b)A municipal law enforcement agency described in Subsection (3)(a) shall accept and begin monitoring program oversight responsibility for a sex offender who is on the monitoring program if the municipal law enforcement agency receives notice from:

(i)the department under Section 53-29-406 ; or

(ii)a sheriff or another municipal law enforcement agency that is transferring monitoring program oversight responsibility for a sex offender based on the sex offender's change in jurisdiction as described in Subsection

(7).

(4)A sheriff or a municipal law enforcement agency described in Subsection

(3)that has monitoring program oversight responsibility for a sex offender under Subsection

(2)or

(3)shall:

(a)monitor the sex offender as required by the department;

(b)if the sex offender leaves the sheriff's or municipal law enforcement agency's area of jurisdiction as described in Subsection

(7), notify:

(i)the department; and

(ii)the sheriff or the municipal law enforcement agency described in Subsection

(3)that has jurisdiction over the sex offender's current or last known location;

(c)follow the procedures described in Subsection

(5); and

(d)comply with other procedures established by the department.

(5)A sheriff or a municipal law enforcement agency described in Subsection

(3)shall comply with the requirements established by the department in Subsection 53-29-406(6) , including:

(a)submitting an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant in accordance with Section 77-7-5 ; and

(b)in coordination with other state and local law enforcement agencies, attempting to locate and arrest the sex offender who is the subject of the warrant described in Subsection (5)(a) .

(6)A civilian employee of a sheriff or a municipal law enforcement agency may conduct the monitoring required by this section.

(7)Unless the department specifies a different time frame by rule, a sex offender is considered to have transferred jurisdictions for purposes of the monitoring program after spending seven consecutive days in a different jurisdiction.

Enacted by Chapter 331 , 2026 General Session