77-27-5.6. Pardon timelines for an offender on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.
(1) As used in this section: "Division" means the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services. "Minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 80-1-102 "Registry" means the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry created in Section. 53-29-102 "Sex offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53-29-101
(2) The board may only consider issuing a pardon to an offender for an offense that requires the offender to register as a sex offender on the registry if: for an offender who is required to register for 10 years under Subsection, 10 years have passed after the later of: 53-29-203(1)(a) the day on which the offender was placed on probation; the day on which the offender was released from incarceration to parole; the day on which the offender's sentence was terminated without parole; the day on which the offender entered a community-based residential program; or for a minor, the day on which the division's custody of the offender was terminated; or for an offender who is required to register for the offender's lifetime under Subsection, 20 years have passed after the later of: 53-29-203(1)(b) the day on which the offender was placed on probation; the day on which the offender was released from incarceration to parole; the day on which the offender's sentence was terminated without parole; the day on which the offender entered a community-based residential program; or for a minor, the day on which the division's custody of the offender was terminated.
(3) The timelines described in Subsectiondo not apply to: (2) an individual whose conviction was vacated, reversed, or otherwise set aside; or an individual who was found to be factually innocent by a court after filing a petition for: postconviction relief under Title 78B, Chapter 9, Postconviction Remedies Act; or a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254.