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Under current Utah law, people whose vehicles have been impounded can retrieve certain "life essential items" — like prescription medication, shoes, food, and government ID — without paying towing or storage fees first. This bill expands that list to also include cell phones and tools specific to the registered owner's current job, and it adds a new condition allowing impound yards to deny retrieval requests if doing so would cause an unreasonable delay to vehicle impounding or storage or create a safety risk. The bill also creates a formal "life essential item retrieval form" that owners or their representatives must complete when requesting these items, and it requires impound yard operators to provide that form upon request.