2012 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Article 6a - Traffic Code
Section 2004 - Captured plate data -- Preservation and disclosure.

(1) Captured plate data obtained for the purposes described in Section 41-6a-2003:

(a) in accordance with Section 63G-2-305, is a protected record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, if the captured plate data is maintained by a governmental entity;

(b) may not be used or shared for any purpose other than the purposes described in Section 41-6a-2003;

(c) may not be preserved for more than 30 days by a private entity or nine months by a governmental entity except pursuant to:

(i) a preservation request under Section 41-6a-2005;

(ii) a disclosure order under Subsection 41-6a-2005(2); or

(iii) a warrant issued under the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure or an equivalent federal warrant; and

(d) may only be disclosed:

(i) in accordance with the disclosure requirements for a protected record under Section 63G-2-202;

(ii) pursuant to a disclosure order under Subsection 41-6a-2005(2); or

(iii) pursuant to a warrant issued under the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure or an equivalent federal warrant.

(2) (a) A person or governmental entity that is authorized to use an automatic license plate reader system under this part may not sell captured plate data for any purpose.

(b) A person or governmental entity that is authorized to use an automatic license plate reader system under this part may not share captured plate date for a purpose not authorized under Subsection 41-6a-2003(2).

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a governmental entity may preserve and disclose aggregate captured plate data for planning and statistical purposes if the information identifying a specific license plate is not preserved or disclosed.

Enacted by Chapter 447, 2013 General Session