Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Utah Code § 81-5-504

Report of genetic testing

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session

(1)

(a) A report of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory.

(b) A report made under the requirements of this part is self-authenticating.

(2) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony:

(a) the names and photographs of the individuals whose specimens have been taken;

(b) the names of the individuals who collected the specimens;

(c) the places and dates the specimens were collected;

(d) the names of the individuals who received the specimens in the testing laboratory;

(e) the dates the specimens were received; and

(f) the fingerprints of the individuals whose specimens have been taken.

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