53G-8-511. Investigations into allegations -- Searches -- Evidence.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(a)If the principal is notified of an alleged drug offense that involves school property, a student, or a school employee, the principal may conduct an administrative investigation, or authorize an administrative investigation into, the alleged drug offense, including a search on school property in accordance with Subsection

(2), before the principal notifies a law enforcement officer or agency.

(b)The principal shall report and deliver any evidence discovered in an investigation described in Subsection (1)(a) to a law enforcement officer or agency when the principal notifies the law enforcement officer or agency of the alleged drug offense.

(a)A search under Subsection (1)(a) on school property shall be based on a reasonable belief that the search will turn up evidence of the drug offense.

(b)The measures adopted for the search shall be reasonably related to the objectives of the search and not excessively intrusive in light of the circumstances, including the age and sex of the individual involved and the nature of the offense.

(3)If an offense involving an electronic cigarette product may not be referred, or is not referred, to a law enforcement officer or agency under Section 53G-8-211 , an LEA shall dispose of or destroy the seized electronic cigarette product in accordance with the LEA's policies adopted under Subsection 53G-8-203(3) .

(4)Evidence of an offense on school property is admissible in civil and criminal actions if the evidence is seized by school authorities acting alone and on their own authority.

Enacted by Chapter 72 , 2026 General Session