Restoring Civil Rights After a Felony in Utah

Voting returns automatically at probation, parole or the end of incarceration. The right to hold elective office returns when all felony convictions are expunged, or when 10 years have passed since the most recent felony conviction, all court-ordered restitution and fines are paid, and probation, parole or incarceration is complete for each unexpunged felony (a person convicted of a grievous sexual offense against a child may never serve on a state or local school board). A person with a felony conviction cannot serve on a jury unless the conviction is expunged or reduced to a misdemeanor. Firearm restrictions end when the conviction is expunged, set aside, reduced to a misdemeanor or pardoned, or civil rights are restored, unless the order expressly bars firearms.