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Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 67 - Online Dating Safety Act
Section 103 - Criminal background screening disclosures.
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UT Code § 13-67-103 (2025)
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Effective 1/1/2024
13-67-103. Criminal background screening disclosures.
Enacted by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in SB 152, Chapter 498.
13-67-103. Criminal background screening disclosures.
- (1) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and does not conduct a criminal background screening on each member shall, before permitting a Utah member to communicate through the online dating service provider with another member, clearly and conspicuously disclose to the Utah member that the online dating service provider does not conduct a criminal background screening on each member.
- (2) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and conducts a criminal background screening on each member shall, before permitting a Utah member to communicate through the provider with another member, clearly and conspicuously:
- (a) disclose to the Utah member that the online dating service provider conducts a criminal background screening on each member; and
- (b) include on the online dating service provider's website or mobile application:
- (i) a statement of whether the online dating service provider excludes from the online dating service provider's online dating service an individual who is identified as having a criminal conviction; and
- (ii) a statement that a criminal background screening:
- (A) may be inaccurate or incomplete;
- (B) may give a member a false sense of security; and
- (C) may be circumvented by an individual who has a criminal history.
Enacted by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in SB 152, Chapter 498.
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