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2025 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 47 - Private Employer Verification Act
Part 2 - Verification by Private Employer
Section 201 - Verification required for new hires.
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UT Code § 13-47-201 (2025)
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(Contingently Repealed) Effective 5/4/2022
13-47-201. Verification required for new hires.
Amended by Chapter 338, 2022 General Session
13-47-201. Verification required for new hires.
- (1) A private employer who employs 150 or more employees on or after May 4, 2022, may not hire a new employee on or after May 4, 2022, unless the private employer:
- (a) is registered with a status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of any new employee; and
- (b) uses the status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of the new employee in accordance with the requirements of the status verification system.
- (2) This section does not apply to a private employer of a foreign national if the foreign national holds a visa issued in response to a petition by the private employer that is classified as H-2A or H-2B.
Amended by Chapter 338, 2022 General Session
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