//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Utah, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Utah — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 40.8/100** · rank **34 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 10 years for the broad base list (§203(1)(a)); lifetime only for aggravated/repeat offenders (§203(1)(b)); the 10-year term expires — **lifetime** | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|53-29-203]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟢 favorable | Genuinely accessible tiered petition — 5-yr (low-level), 10-yr, or 20-yr (even lifetime offenders) via an objective bureau certificate of eligibility; court grants unless removal is contrary to the public interest — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|53-29-204 to 53-29-207]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — classification by offense duration only, no risk assessment or tiers | 53-29-203 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Twice yearly | 53-29-304(2) |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — recurring statewide annual fee to the state department ($125/yr through 6/30/2026; on/after 7/1/2026 an annual fee set by the department per 63J-1-504), plus up to $25/yr assessed by a local registering agency | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29-S304_2025050720250507.pdf|53-29-304(8)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide residency (living) restriction — 53-29-306 restricts a sex offender's PRESENCE in 'protected areas' (schools, daycares, parks, pools, playgrounds), not where the offender may reside; the only 1,000-ft measure is a victim-requested no-go zone around a victim's home while on probation/parole | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29-S306_2025050720250507.pdf|53-29-306]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Limited — a sex offender whose offense was against a minor under 18 may not serve as an athletic coach, manager, or trainer for a sports team with a member under 18; no broader statewide employment bar | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|Utah Code 53-29-306(3)(b)]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — a sex offender whose offense was against a minor under 18 may not be in a 'protected area' (licensed daycare/preschool, public/HOA swimming pool, primary/secondary school, community park, public/HOA playground), with narrow parental/school exceptions | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|Utah Code 53-29-306]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Must register within 10 days of entering the state, regardless of length of stay | 59-29-304(3) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — must provide 'internet identifiers and the addresses used for routing or self-identification in Internet communications or postings' | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/53-29-S304.html|53-29-304(4)(a)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None found | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All adult registrants published on the public website (§404); only juvenile-adjudicated offenders are maintained-but-not-published — no risk tier kept off | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|53-29-404]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No Halloween/holiday provision — full recodified registry chapter (Title 53 ch. 29), including the restrictions section 53-29-306, has no candy/sign/lights/stay-home/report requirement | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — no statute requires a sex-offender designation on a driver license or ID; 53-3-806.5 only requires an offender without a license to obtain a plain ID card | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-53-public-safety-code/ut-code-sect-53-3-806-5/|Utah Code 53-3-806.5]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Passive public registry website only (53-29-404); active notification runs to law enforcement, not the community — no door-to-door, flyers, postcards, or newspaper notice | [[https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter29/C53-29_2025050720250507.pdf|Utah Code 53-29-404]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 18 — with close-in-age exception (a 16- or 17-year-old may consent to a partner less than 7 years older) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-76-utah-criminal-code/ut-code-sect-76-5-401-2/|76-5-401.2]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//