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Utah GPS Tracking Laws: Is It Legal to Put a Tracker on a Car? (2026)

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Utah GPS Tracking Laws: Is It Legal to Put a Tracker on a Car? (2026)

Updates

Corrected the description of United States v. Jones to the holding the Court actually reached: attaching a GPS device to a car and using it to track the car is a Fourth Amendment search; the Court did not decide whether a warrant was required.

Corrected the parent and guardian tracking exception to state that permission from any other parent or legal guardian is a required element of the exception rather than a suggestion limited to shared custody, added the second degree felony stalking tier that the penalty table had omitted, and flagged the September 1, 2026 amendment moving the private investigator disclosure duty from the Bureau of Criminal Identification to the Division of Professional Licensing.

Governing law re-checked for recent changes

Corrected the stalking felony-escalation penalty row and the police exemption description to match Utah Code 76-5-106.5 and 76-12-305's actual triggers.

Governing law re-checked for recent changes

Independently fact-checked against the cited primary sources

Sources and References

  1. Utah Code 76-12-305 - Unlawful use of a tracking device or tracking application(le.utah.gov)
  2. Utah Code Title 76, Chapter 12, Part 3(le.utah.gov)
  3. Utah Code 76-5-106.5 - Stalking(le.utah.gov)
  4. United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400 (2012)(supremecourt.gov)
  5. 18 U.S.C. 2261A - Federal stalking statute(law.cornell.edu)
  6. Utah Code 76-12-305, version effective September 1, 2026 (Amended by Chapter 44, 2026 General Session)(le.utah.gov)
  7. Utah Code 76-3-203 - Felony conviction, indeterminate term of imprisonment(le.utah.gov)
  8. Utah Code 76-3-301 - Fines of individuals(le.utah.gov)
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