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Utah Code § 20A-11-1002 (2026)

Retention and public inspection of financial statements -- Written complaint if statement is false or unlawful

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The chief election officer shall:
make each financial statement required by this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections:
open to public inspection in the office of the chief election officer; and
available for viewing on the Internet in accordance with Section 20A-11-103;
preserve those statements for at least five years; and
provide certified copies of the financial statements in the same manner as for other public records.
Any candidate or voter may file a written complaint with the chief election officer alleging that a filed financial statement does not conform to law or to the truth.
As used in this Subsection (3), "required report" means a report, a financial statement, or any other type of statement or disclosure that a person is required to make under this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention Elections.
Before posting or otherwise publicly disclosing a required report, the lieutenant governor shall redact from the report the following information relating to each individual referenced in the report:
the phone number of the individual; and
the street number and street name in the address of the individual.
The information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b) is not a record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
It is unlawful to publicly disclose the information required to be redacted under Subsection (3)(b).
A government officer or employee who knowingly violates Subsection (3)(d) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 202, 2026 General Session

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Maxfield v. Herbert, 2012 UT 44, 284 P.3d 647.
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Maxfield v. Herbert, 2012 UT 44, 284 P.3d 647. “§ 20A-11-1002(2), and another that vests in the lieutenant governor the authority to disqualify and remove a candidate from a ballot for failure to file statutorily-required financial statements, id.”
Utah Code § 20A-11-1002(2): 1 case
Maxfield v. Herbert, 2012 UT 44, 284 P.3d 647. “§ 20A-11-1002(2), and another that vests in the lieutenant governor the authority to disqualify and remove a candidate from a ballot for failure to file statutorily-required financial statements, id.”
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