Privacy in Utah for first responders

On the sources for this page: Some of the statutes cited below were verified through state-code aggregators (Justia, Cornell LII, FindLaw) rather than the Utah state legislature's official site. The citations are accurate to the best of our knowledge as of April 2026, but verify against your state's official records before filing or relying on a specific code section. We'll update this page when we can confirm primary sources.

What protects you in Utah

Utah's main lever is GRAMA — the Government Records Access and Management Act. Utah Code §63G-2-305 lets at-risk government employees, including law enforcement and other public safety employees, file with the agency holding their records to classify their personal information as private. Once classified, those fields stay out of standard GRAMA disclosures.

The election is per-agency. File with each agency that holds your records: department, county recorder, appraisal office. The same §63G-2-305 process is the path used to redact your home address from publicly available property records.

Utah Code §53-18-103 is a broker-side protection for public safety employees — a broker-removal-style provision restricting disclosure of officer personal information, modeled on the kind of statute New Jersey's Daniel's Law is (NJ's law that lets covered officers sue data brokers for failing to remove their home address). The report did not specify the damages or compliance window in the cited language. Treat it as a real lever but verify the specific remedy with counsel before filing a private action.

The Safe at Home program under §77-38-603 exists, but officers are not categorically eligible. It was written for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Use GRAMA classification instead.

What still leaks

1. County property records before classification. GRAMA classification only reaches what you've filed for. If your address is already published in property records that pre-date the filing, you still need each county to redact retroactively.
2. Court filings. Civil suits and divorce filings often include your home address. GRAMA private classification doesn't reach court records.
3. Out-of-state brokers. Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, and the rest don't honor Utah law. They source from out-of-state aggregators that scraped your data already.

Laws that work for you here

• Utah Code §63G-2-305 (GRAMA) — file with each agency holding your records to classify your personal information as private. The core lever for both general public records and property records.
• Utah Code §53-18-103 — broker-side protection for public safety employees. Real but the remedy specifics need verification before filing.
• Safe at Home (Utah Code §77-38-603) — substitute-address program. Eligibility is victim-based; sworn-officer eligibility on the job alone is not categorical.

What we sweep that the state doesn't

The GRAMA classifications close the agency disclosure path. We handle the broker path. We file standard opt-outs across 200+ people-search sites and re-check every two weeks because re-listings happen. After any property transaction, we re-check inside 30 days — appraisal-district publishing is the event that puts you back on broker feeds fastest.