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Utah Code § 20A-11-1002

Retention and public inspection of financial statements -- Written complaint if statement is false or unlawful

Amended by Chapter 202, 2026 General Session

(1) The chief election officer shall:

(a) make each financial statement required by this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections:

(i) open to public inspection in the office of the chief election officer; and

(ii) available for viewing on the Internet in accordance with Section 20A-11-103;

(b) preserve those statements for at least five years; and

(c) provide certified copies of the financial statements in the same manner as for other public records.

(2) Any candidate or voter may file a written complaint with the chief election officer alleging that a filed financial statement does not conform to law or to the truth.

(3)

(a) As used in this Subsection (3), "required report" means a report, a financial statement, or any other type of statement or disclosure that a person is required to make under this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections.

(b) Before posting or otherwise publicly disclosing a required report, the lieutenant governor shall redact from the report the following information relating to each individual referenced in the report:

(i) the phone number of the individual; and

(ii) the street number and street name in the address of the individual.

(c) The information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b) is not a record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.

(d) It is unlawful to publicly disclose the information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b).

(e) A government officer or employee who knowingly violates Subsection (3)(d) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.