- (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.
(3)
- (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