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UT Code § 76-9-304 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 3 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 304 - Allowing vicious animal to go at large.

76-9-304. Allowing vicious animal to go at large.  Any owner of a vicious animal, knowing its propensities, who willfully allows it to go at large or who keeps it without ordinary care, and any animal, while at large, or while not kept with ordinary care, causes injury to another animal or to any human being who has taken reasonable precaution which the circumstances permitted, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor unless the animal causes the death of a human being, whereupon the owner is guilty of a felony of the third degree.  Amended by Chapter 87, 1977 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-305 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 3 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 305 - Officer's authority to take possession of animals -- Lien for care.

76-9-305. Officer's authority to take possession of animals -- Lien for care.    (1) Any law enforcement officer may take possession of any animals being treated cruelly and, after reasonable efforts to notify the owner, may provide shelter and care for them or upon permission from the owner may destroy them.     (2) Officers caring for animals pursuant to this section have a lien for the reasonable value of the care and/or destruction. Any court upon proof that the owner has been notified of the lien and amount due, at least five days prior, shall order the animal sold at public auction or destroyed.     (3) Any law enforcement officer may humanely destroy any animal found suffering past recovery for any useful purpose. Before destroying the animal the officer shall obtain the judgment to the effect of a veterinarian, or of two reputable citizens called by him to view the animal in his presence, or shall obtain consent to the destruction from the owner of the animal.    Amended by Chapter 87, 1977 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-306 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 3 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 306 - Police service canine -- Causing injury or interfering with handler -- Penalties.

 Effective 5/8/2018  76-9-306. Police service canine -- Causing injury or interfering with handler -- Penalties.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Handler" means a law enforcement officer who is specially trained, and uses a police service canine during the course of the performance of his law enforcement duties.     (b) "Police service canine" means any dog used by a law enforcement agency, which is specially trained for law enforcement work, or any animal contracted to assist a law enforcement agency in the performance of law enforcement duties.       (2) It is a second degree felony for a person to intentionally or knowingly cause death to a police service canine.     (3) It is a third degree felony for a person to intentionally or knowingly:   (a) cause bodily injury to a police service canine;     (b) engage in conduct likely to cause bodily injury or death to a police service canine; or     (c) lay out, place, or administer any poison, trap, substance, or object which is likely to produce bodily injury or death to a police service canine.       (4) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person to intentionally or knowingly:   (a) taunt, torment, strike, or otherwise assault a police service canine;     (b) throw any object or substance at, or in the path of, a police service canine;     (c) interfere with or obstruct a police service canine, or attempt to, or interfere with the handler of the canine in a manner that inhibits, restricts, or deprives the handler of control of the canine;     (d) release a police service canine from its area of control, such as a vehicle, kennel, or pen, or trespass in that area; or     (e) place any food, object, or substance into a police service canine's area of control without the permission of the handler.       (5) A police service canine is exempt from quarantine or other animal control ordinances if it bites any person while under proper police supervision or routine veterinary care. The law enforcement agency and the canine's handler shall make the canine available for examination at any reasonable time and shall notify the local health officer if the canine exhibits any abnormal behavior.     (6) In addition to any other penalty, a person convicted of a violation of this section is liable for restitution to the owning or employing law enforcement agency or individual owner of the police service canine for the replacement, training, and veterinary costs incurred as a result of the violation of this section.    Amended by Chapter 264, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-307 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 3 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 307 - Injury to service animals -- Penalties.

76-9-307. Injury to service animals -- Penalties.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Disability" has the same meaning as defined in Section 62A-5b-102.     (b) "Search and rescue dog" means a dog:   (i) with documented training to locate persons who are:   (A) lost, missing, or injured; or     (B) trapped under debris as the result of a natural or man-made event; and       (ii) affiliated with an established search and rescue dog organization.       (c) "Service animal" means:   (i) a service animal as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or     (ii) a search and rescue dog.         (2) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly cause substantial bodily injury or death to a service animal.     (3) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from causing:   (a) any substantial bodily injury or the death of a service animal; or     (b) the service animal's subsequent inability to function as a service animal as a result of the animal's attacking, chasing, or harassing the service animal.       (4) It is a class B misdemeanor for a person to chase or harass a service animal.     (5) It is a class B misdemeanor for a person who owns, keeps, harbors, or exercises control over an animal to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly fail to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent it from chasing or harassing a service animal while it is carrying out its functions as a service animal, to the extent that the animal temporarily interferes with the service animal's ability to carry out its functions.     (6)   (a) A service animal is exempt from quarantine or other animal control ordinances if it bites any person while it is subject to an offense under Subsection (2), (3), (4), or (5).     (b) The owner of the service animal or the person with a disability whom the service animal serves shall make the animal available for examination at any reasonable time and shall notify the local health officer if the animal exhibits any abnormal behavior.       (7) In addition to any other penalty, a person convicted of any violation of this section is liable for restitution to the owner of the service animal or the person with a disability whom the service animal serves for the replacement, training, and veterinary costs incurred as a result of the violation of this section.     (8) If the act committed under this section amounts to an offense subject to a greater penalty under another provision of Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, than is provided under this section, this section does not prohibit prosecution and sentencing for the more serious offense.    Amended by Chapter 110, 2009 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-308 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 3 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 308 - Harassment of livestock.

 Effective 5/9/2017  76-9-308. Harassment of livestock.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Livestock" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 76-9-301(1).     (b) "Unmanned aircraft system" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 72-14-102(4).       (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person is guilty of harassment of livestock if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly chases, with the intent of causing distress, or harms livestock through the use of:   (a) a motorized vehicle or all-terrain vehicle;     (b) a dog; or     (c) an unmanned aircraft system.       (3) A person is not guilty of harassment of livestock if:   (a) the person is:   (i) the owner of the livestock;     (ii) an employee or agent of the owner, or otherwise acting under the owner's general direction or with the owner's permission;     (iii) acting in an emergency situation to prevent damage to the livestock or property; or     (iv) an employee or agent of the state or a political subdivision and acting in the employee or agent's official capacity; or       (b) the action is in line with generally accepted animal husbandry practices.       (4) A person who violates this section is guilty of:   (a) a class B misdemeanor if the violation is a first offense and:   (i) no livestock is seriously injured or killed as a result of the person's actions; or     (ii) the person's actions cause the livestock to be displaced onto property where the livestock is not legally entitled to be; and       (b) a class A misdemeanor if:   (i) the person has previously been convicted of harassment of livestock under this section;     (ii) livestock is seriously injured or killed as a result of the person's actions; or     (iii) livestock or property suffered damage in excess of $1,000, including money spent in recovering the livestock, as a result of the person's actions.        Enacted by Chapter 184, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-401 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 401 - Definitions.

76-9-401. Definitions.  For purposes of this part:  (1) "Private place" means a place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance.     (2) "Eavesdrop" means to overhear, record, amplify, or transmit any part of a wire or oral communication of others without the consent of at least one party thereto by means of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.     (3) "Public" includes any professional or social group of which the victim of a defamation is a member.    Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-402 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 402 - Privacy violation.

 Effective 5/9/2017  76-9-402. Privacy violation.    (1) A person is guilty of privacy violation if, except as authorized by law, the person:   (a) trespasses on property with intent to subject anyone to eavesdropping or other surveillance in a private place;     (b) installs, or uses after unauthorized installation in a private place, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy in the private place, any device for observing, photographing, hearing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events in the private place; or     (c) installs or uses outside of a private place a device for observing, photographing, hearing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events originating in the private place which would not ordinarily be audible, visible, or comprehensible outside the private place, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy in the private place.       (2) A person is not guilty of a violation of this section if:   (a) the device used is an unmanned aircraft;     (b) the person is operating the unmanned aircraft for legitimate commercial or educational purposes in a manner consistent with applicable Federal Aviation Administration rules, exemptions, or other authorizations; and     (c) any conduct described in Subsection (1) that occurs via the unmanned aircraft is solely incidental to the lawful commercial or educational use of the unmanned aircraft.       (3) Privacy violation is a class B misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 364, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-403 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 403 - Communication Abuse.

76-9-403. Communication Abuse.    (1) A person commits communication abuse if, except as authorized by law, he:   (a) Intercepts, without the consent of the sender or receiver, a message by telephone, telegraph, letter, or other means of communicating privately; this paragraph does not extend to:   (i) Overhearing of messages through a regularly installed instrument on a telephone party line or on an extension; or     (ii) Interception by the telephone company or subscriber incident to enforcement of regulations limiting use of the facilities or to other normal operation and use; or       (b) Divulges without consent of the sender or receiver the existence or contents of any such message if the actor knows that the message was illegally intercepted or if he learned of the message in the course of employment with an agency engaged in transmitting it.       (2) Communication abuse is a class B misdemeanor.    Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-404 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 404 - Criminal defamation.

76-9-404. Criminal defamation.    (1) A person is guilty of criminal defamation if he knowingly communicates to any person orally or in writing any information which he knows to be false and knows will tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.     (2) Criminal defamation is a class B misdemeanor.    Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 406 - Injunctive relief against privacy offenses -- Damages.

76-9-406. Injunctive relief against privacy offenses -- Damages.  Any person, or the heirs of any deceased person, who has been injured by a violation of this part may bring an action against the person who committed the violation. If in the action the court finds the defendant is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this part, it shall enjoin the defendant from a continuance thereof. It shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiffs be alleged or proved, but if damages are alleged and proved, the plaintiff in the action shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages, if any, sustained in addition to injunctive relief. A finding that the defendant is in violation of this part shall entitle the plaintiff to reasonable attorney's fees. Exemplary damages may be awarded where the violation is found to be malicious.  Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-407 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 4 - Offenses Against Privacy|Section 407 - Crime of abuse of personal identity -- Penalty -- Defense -- Permitting civil action.

76-9-407. Crime of abuse of personal identity -- Penalty -- Defense -- Permitting civil action.    (1) The definitions in Section 45-3-2 apply to this section.     (2) Any person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who knowingly or intentionally causes the publication of an advertisement in which the personal identity of an individual is used in a manner which expresses or implies that the individual approves, endorses, has endorsed, or will endorse the specific subject matter of the advertisement without the consent for such use by the individual.     (3) It is an affirmative defense that the person causing the publication of the advertisement reasonably believed that the person whose personal identity was to be used had consented to its use.     (4) Upon conviction of an offense under this section, unless waived by the victim, the court shall order that, within 30 days of the conviction, the person convicted shall issue a public apology or retraction to whomever received the advertisement. The apology or retraction shall be of similar size and placement as the original advertisement.     (5) Nothing in this section prohibits a civil action under Title 45, Chapter 3, Abuse of Personal Identity Act.    Enacted by Chapter 146, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 5 - Libel|Section 504 - Fair reporting privilege of newspaper or broadcasting station personnel as to public official proceedings -- Privilege as to defamatory matter not subject to censorship.

76-9-504. Fair reporting privilege of newspaper or broadcasting station personnel as to public official proceedings -- Privilege as to defamatory matter not subject to censorship.  No reporter, editor, or proprietor of any newspaper, and no owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station, or network of stations, nor the agents or employees of a newspaper or broadcasting station, is liable to any prosecution for a fair and true report or broadcast of any judicial, legislative, or other public official proceedings, or of any statement, speech, argument, or debate in course of the same, except upon proof of malice in making the report, which shall not be implied from the mere fact of publication. In no event shall any owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, or the agents or employees thereof, be liable for prosecution for any defamatory matter or statement published or uttered in such radio or television broadcast where the publication cannot be censored by reason of the provisions of federal statute or the regulations of the federal communications commission.  Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-505 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 5 - Libel|Section 505 - Libelous matter not privileged.

76-9-505. Libelous matter not privileged.  Libelous remarks or comments connected with matter privileged by the next preceding section receive no privilege by reason of their being so connected.  Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-506 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 5 - Libel|Section 506 - Privilege as to communications between interested persons.

76-9-506. Privilege as to communications between interested persons.  A communication made to a person interested in the communication by one who is also interested, or who stands in a relation to the former as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing his motive innocent, is not presumed to be malicious, and is a privileged communication.  Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-509 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 5 - Libel|Section 509 - Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.

76-9-509. Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.  Any person who willfully states, conveys, delivers, or transmits, by any means whatsoever, to the manager, editor, publisher, reporter, or agent of any radio station, television station, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or serial for publication therein, any false or libelous statement concerning any person, and thereby secures actual publication of the same, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-601 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 6 - Offenses Against the Flag|Section 601 - Abuse of a flag.

76-9-601. Abuse of a flag.    (1) A person is guilty of abuse of a flag if he:   (a) Intentionally places any unauthorized inscription or other thing upon any flag of the United States or of any state of the United States; or     (b) Knowingly exhibits any such flag, knowing the inscription or other thing to be unauthorized; or     (c) For purposes of advertising a product or service for sale or for distribution, affixes a representation of the flag of the United States or of a state of the United States to the product or on any display whereon the product or service is advertised; or     (d) Knowingly casts contempt upon the flag of the United States or of any state of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it.       (2) Abuse of a flag is a class B misdemeanor.    Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
UT Code § 76-9-702 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency|Part 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 702 - Lewdness.

 Effective 5/8/2018  76-9-702. Lewdness.    (1) A person is guilty of lewdness if the person under circumstances not amounting to rape, object rape, forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, custodial sexual relations or misconduct under Section 76-5-412 or 76-5-413, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses, performs any of the following acts in a public place or under circumstances which the person should know will likely cause affront or alarm to, on, or in the presence of another who is 14 years of age or older:   (a) an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy;     (b) exposes his or her genitals, the female breast below the top of the areola, the buttocks, the anus, or the pubic area;     (c) masturbates; or     (d) any other act of lewdness.       (2)   (a) A person convicted the first or second time of a violation of Subsection (1) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, except under Subsection (2)(b).     (b) A person convicted of a violation of Subsection (1) is guilty of a third degree felony if at the time of the violation:   (i) the person is a sex offender as defined in Section 77-27-21.7;     (ii) the person has been previously convicted two or more times of violating Subsection (1); or     (iii) the person has previously been convicted of a violation of Subsection (1) and has also previously been convicted of a violation of Section 76-9-702.5.       (c)   (i) For purposes of this Subsection (2) and Subsection 77-41-102(17), a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge under this section that is held in abeyance under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance, is the equivalent of a conviction.     (ii) This Subsection (2)(c) also applies if the charge under this Subsection (2) has been subsequently reduced or dismissed in accordance with the plea in abeyance agreement.         (3) A woman's breast feeding, including breast feeding in any location where the woman otherwise may rightfully be, does not under any circumstance constitute a lewd act, irrespective of whether or not the breast is covered during or incidental to feeding.    Amended by Chapter 192, 2018 General Session