Lieutenant Governor of Utah

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1975. There have only been seven Lieutenant Governors in Utah's history. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the Governorship of Utah was held by the Utah Secretary of State. The office of Utah's Secretary of State was abolished by the legislature in 1976, and those duties given to the newly created Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Duties

Because Utah has no Secretary of State,[1] many of the functions that would commonly be served by a state Secretary of State are fulfilled by Utah's Lieutenant Governor.[2] Accordingly, the Lieutenant Governor's statutory duties include the oversight of all Notaries Public,[3] the legal authentication of documents,[4] maintaining oversight and regulation of registered lobbyists,[5] certifying municipal annexations,[6] and serving as the "keeper" of The Great Seal of the State of Utah.[7] Arguably the most important duty of the Utah Lieutenant Governor is to maintain general oversight authority over all elections—federal, state, or local—that take place in Utah.[8]

List of Utah Lieutenant Governors