Utah Code Ann. § 13-67-103

Criminal background screening disclosures.

Effective Jan 1, 2024Enacted by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in SB 152, Chapter 498.

  1. (1) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and does not conduct a criminal background screening on each member shall, before permitting a Utah member to communicate through the online dating service provider with another member, clearly and conspicuously disclose to the Utah member that the online dating service provider does not conduct a criminal background screening on each member.
  2. (2) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and conducts a criminal background screening on each member shall, before permitting a Utah member to communicate through the provider with another member, clearly and conspicuously:

    1. (a) disclose to the Utah member that the online dating service provider conducts a criminal background screening on each member; and
    2. (b) include on the online dating service provider's website or mobile application:

      1. (i) a statement of whether the online dating service provider excludes from the online dating service provider's online dating service an individual who is identified as having a criminal conviction; and
      2. (ii) a statement that a criminal background screening:

        1. (A) may be inaccurate or incomplete;
        2. (B) may give a member a false sense of security; and
        3. (C) may be circumvented by an individual who has a criminal history.

Enacted by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session

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