The office of the secretary of state was abolished by the state legislature in 1976; its duties were given to the newly created office of the lieutenant governor.

The incumbent lieutenant governor is Republican Deidre Henderson, who has served since 2021.

[1] The lieutenant governor's statutory duties include the oversight of all notaries public,[2] the legal authentication of documents,[3] maintaining oversight and regulation of registered lobbyists,[4] certifying municipal annexations,[5] and serving as the "keeper" of the Great Seal of the State of Utah.

[6] She has general oversight authority over all elections—federal, state, or local—that take place in Utah.

[7] Democratic Republican Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant: This Utah-related article is a stub.