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2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 701 - Definitions.

76-8-701.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this part:
(1) "Chief administrative officer" means the president of an institution of higher education or a person designated by the president.
(2) "Enter" means intrusion of the entire body.
(3) "Institution" or "institution of higher education" means:
(a) a state institution of higher education as defined in Section 53B-3-102; or
(b) a private institution of higher education in the state accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Amended by Chapter 10, 2013 General Session
Amended by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 702 - Purpose.

76-8-702.
Purpose.
It is the purpose of this part to:
(1) supplement and clarify the power vested in the governing board of each institution of higher education; and
(2) regulate, conduct, and enforce law and order on property owned, operated, or controlled by each institution of higher education.
Amended by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 703 - Criminal trespass upon an institution of higher education.

76-8-703.
Criminal trespass upon an institution of higher education.
(1)
(a) A chief administrative officer may order a person to leave property that is owned, operated, or controlled by an institution of higher education if the person:
(i) acts or if the chief administrative officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person intends to act to:
(A) cause injury to a person;
(B) cause damage to property;
(C) commit a crime;
(D) interfere with the peaceful conduct of the activities of the institution;
(E) violate any rule or regulation of the institution if that rule or regulation is not in conflict with state law; or
(F) disrupt the institution, its pupils, or the institution's activities; or
(ii) is reckless as to whether the person's actions will cause fear for the safety of another.
(b) A person is guilty of criminal trespass upon an institution of higher education if the person enters or remains on property that is owned, operated, or controlled by an institution of higher education after being ordered to leave under Subsection (1)(a).
(c) The mere carrying or possession of a firearm on the campus of a state institution of higher education, as defined in Section 53B-3-102, does not warrant an order to leave under Subsection (1)(a) if the person carrying or possessing the firearm is otherwise complying with all state laws regulating the possession and use of a firearm.
(2) A person is guilty of criminal trespass upon an institution of higher education if the person enters or remains without authorization upon property that is owned, operated, or controlled by an institution of higher education if notice against entry or remaining has been given by:
(a) personal communication to the person by the chief administrative officer or a person with apparent authority to act for the institution;
(b) the posting of signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of trespassers;
(c) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude trespassers; or
(d) a current order of suspension or expulsion.
(3) If an employee or student of an institution of higher education is ordered to leave under Subsection (1) or receives a notice against entry or remaining under Subsection (2), the institution of higher education shall afford the employee or student the process required by the institution of higher education's rules and regulations.
(4) A person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in Section 76-8-717.
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 705 - Willful interference with lawful activities of students or faculty.

76-8-705.
Willful interference with lawful activities of students or faculty.
A person is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if, on property that is owned, operated, or controlled by an institution of higher education, the person willfully:
(1) denies to a student, school official, employee, or invitee lawful:
(a) freedom of movement;
(b) use of the property or facilities; or
(c) ingress or egress to the institution's physical facilities;
(2) impedes a faculty or staff member of the institution in the lawful performance of the member's duties; or
(3) impedes a student of the institution in the lawful pursuit of the student's educational activities.
Amended by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 707 - Assistance by local authorities.

76-8-707.
Assistance by local authorities.
(1) If, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of any institution of higher education, or in the judgment of any officer or employee designated by him to maintain order on a campus or related facility, the law enforcement agency or security department of that institution lacks sufficient manpower to deal effectively with any condition of unrest existing or developing on a campus or related facility of the institution, he may call for assistance from the county sheriff of the county or any city law enforcement agency or from the Department of Public Safety.
(2) Upon receipt of the request, the county sheriff, city law enforcement agency, or Department of Public Safety must render all necessary assistance without expense to the institution of higher education.
(3) All personnel while rendering assistance shall serve under the general direction of the chief administrative officer of the institution or the officer or employee designated by him to maintain order on the campus or related facility.
Amended by Chapter 234, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 709 - Enforcement of laws by local agencies not limited.

76-8-709.
Enforcement of laws by local agencies not limited.
Nothing in this part shall limit:
(1) the right or duty of any local law enforcement agency to enforce the law which it had prior to this enactment; or
(2) the right of any state or local law enforcement agency to enforce the laws of this state.
Amended by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 716 - Request for assistance from state and local law enforcement authorities.

76-8-716.
Request for assistance from state and local law enforcement authorities.
If, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of any school or institution of higher education, his agent, or representative, the police or security department of that institution lacks sufficient manpower to deal effectively with any condition of unrest existing or developing on a campus or facility of the institution, he may request assistance from state and local law enforcement authorities. All state and local law enforcement officers while rendering assistance shall serve in co-operation with the chief administrative officer of the institution or his agent or representative and without expense to the institution.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 7 - Colleges and Universities › Section 717 - Violations -- Classifications of offenses.

76-8-717.
Violations -- Classifications of offenses.
Except as otherwise provided, a person found guilty of a violation of this part shall be punished as follows:
(1) upon the first and second conviction, the person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor; or
(2) if the person has previously been convicted two or more times of a violation of this part, the person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 257, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 801 - Definitions.

76-8-801.
Definitions.
For the purpose of this part:
(1) "Highway" includes any private or public street, way, or other place used for travel to or from property.
(2) "Highway commissioners" means any individual, board, or other body having authority under then existing law to discontinue the use of the highway which it is desired to restrict or close to public use and travel.
(3) "Public utility" includes any pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation communication or other system by whomsoever owned or operated for public use.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 802 - Destruction of property to interfere with preparation for defense or war.

76-8-802.
Destruction of property to interfere with preparation for defense or war.
Whoever intentionally destroys, impairs, injures, interferes, or tampers with real or personal property with reasonable grounds to believe that the act will hinder, delay, or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United States, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 803 - Causing or omitting to note defects in articles used in preparation for defense or war.

76-8-803.
Causing or omitting to note defects in articles used in preparation for defense or war.
Whoever intentionally makes or causes to be made or omits to note on inspection any defect in any article or thing with reasonable grounds to believe that the article or thing is intended to be used in connection with the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war, or for the prosecution of war by the United States, or that the article or thing is one of a number of similar articles or things, some of which are intended so to be used, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 804 - Attempts to commit crimes of sabotage.

76-8-804.
Attempts to commit crimes of sabotage.
Whoever attempts to commit any of the crimes defined by this part shall be punishable for the attempt as prescribed in Section 76-4-102. In addition to the acts which constitute an attempt to commit crime under the law of this state, the solicitation or incitement of another to commit any of the crimes defined by this part not allowed by the commission of the crime, the collection or assemblage of any materials with the intent that they are to be used then or at a later time in the commission of the crime, or the entry, with or without permission, of a building, enclosure or other premises of another with the intent to commit any such crime therein or thereon shall constitute an attempt to commit the crime.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 805 - Conspiracy to commit crimes of sabotage.

76-8-805.
Conspiracy to commit crimes of sabotage.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any crime defined by this part each of the persons is guilty of conspiracy and subject to the same punishment as if he had committed the crime which he conspired to commit, whether or not any act be done in furtherance of the conspiracy. It shall not constitute any defense or ground of suspension of judgment, sentence, or punishment on behalf of any person prosecuted under this section that any of his fellow conspirators has been acquitted, has not been arrested or convicted, or is amenable to justice or has been pardoned or otherwise discharged before or after conviction.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 806 - Facts kept secret until complaint filed.

76-8-806.
Facts kept secret until complaint filed.
A person may not make public any evidence of fact or the name of the person accused of violating the provisions of Sections 76-8-802, 76-8-803, 76-8-804, and 76-8-805 prior to the filing of a formal complaint by the prosecuting attorney or committing magistrate charged with the performance of that duty.
Amended by Chapter 296, 1997 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 807 - Posting of signs at war or defense facilities -- Entering posted premises without permission.

76-8-807.
Posting of signs at war or defense facilities -- Entering posted premises without permission.
(1) Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation, or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in, or preparing to engage in, the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any natural or artificial persons operating any public utility, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons, or things, is surrounded by a fence or wall, or a fence or wall and buildings, may post around his or its property at each gate, entrance, dock, or railway entrance and every one hundred feet of water front a sign reading "No Entry Without Permission." The sign shall also designate a point of entrance or place where application may be made for permission to enter, and permission shall not be denied to any loyal citizen who has a valid right to enter.
(2) Any person willfully entering property enumerated in Subsection (1), without permission of the owner, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 808 - Detention and arrest without warrant of unauthorized persons on posted premises.

76-8-808.
Detention and arrest without warrant of unauthorized persons on posted premises.
Any peace officer or any person employed as watchman, guard, or in a supervisory capacity on premises posted as provided in Section 76-8-807 may stop any person found on any premises to which entry without permission is forbidden by Section 76-8-807 and may detain him for the purpose of demanding, and may demand, of him, his name, address, and business in such place. If the peace officer or employee has reason to believe that the person has no right to be in the place, he shall release the person or he may arrest him without a warrant on the charge of violating the provisions of Section 76-8-807; and the employee shall release him or turn him over to the peace officer, or may arrest him without a warrant on the charge of violating the provisions of Section 76-8-807.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 809 - Closing or restricting use of highways abutting defense or war facilities -- Posting of notices.

Effective 5/3/2023
76-8-809.
Closing or restricting use of highways abutting defense or war facilities -- Posting of notices.
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in or preparing to engage in the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or in the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any of said natural or artificial persons operating any public utility who has property so used which he or it believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which the property abuts, may petition the highway commissioners of any city, town, or county to close one or more of the highways or parts thereof to public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof.
Upon receipt of the petition, the highway commissioners shall set a day for hearing and give notice of the hearing, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for the city, town, or county, for at least seven days before the day of the hearing. If, after hearing, the highway commissioners determine that the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner so require, they shall by suitable order close to public use and travel or reasonably restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof; provided the highway commissioners may issue written permits to travel over the highway so closed or restricted to responsible and reputable persons for a term, under conditions and in a form as the commissioners may prescribe. Appropriate notices in letters at least three inches high shall be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by an order. The highway commissioners may at any time revoke or modify any order so made.
Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 810 - Violation of order relating to use of highways -- Classification of offense.

76-8-810.
Violation of order relating to use of highways -- Classification of offense.
Whoever violates any order made under the immediate preceding section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 8 - Sabotage Prevention › Section 811 - Bargaining rights of employees not impaired by sabotage prevention laws.

76-8-811.
Bargaining rights of employees not impaired by sabotage prevention laws.
Nothing in this part shall be construed to impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to self organize, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection as provided by state or federal laws.
Amended by Chapter 20, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 9 - Syndicalism and Sabotage › Section 901 - "Criminal syndicalism" and "sabotage" defined.

76-8-901.
"Criminal syndicalism" and "sabotage" defined.
For the purpose of this part:
(1) "Criminal syndicalism" is the doctrine which advocates crime, violence, force, arson, destruction of property, sabotage, or other unlawful acts or methods, as a means of accomplishing or effecting industrial or political ends, or as a means of effecting industrial or political revolution.
(2) "Sabotage" means the unlawful and intentional damage or injury to, or destruction of, real or personal property, in any form whatsoever, of any employer or owner by his employees, or by any employer, or by any person at the instance of any employer, or at the instance, request, or instigation of employees, or any other person.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 9 - Syndicalism and Sabotage › Section 902 - Advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.

76-8-902.
Advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.
Any person who by word of mouth or writing advocates, suggests, or teaches the duty, necessity, propriety, or expediency of crime, criminal syndicalism or sabotage, or who advocates, suggests or teaches the duty, necessity, propriety, or expediency or doing any act of violence, the destruction of or damage to any property, the bodily injury to any person, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution, or who prints, publishes, edits, or issues, or knowingly circulates, sells, or distributes, or publicly displays, any books, pamphlets, paper, handbill, poster, document, or written or printed matter in any form whatsoever, containing, advocating, advising, suggesting, or teaching crime, criminal syndicalism, sabotage, the doing of any act of violence, the destruction of or damage to any property, the injury to any person, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act, as a means of accomplishing, effecting, or bringing about any industrial or political ends or change, or as a means of accomplishing, effecting, or bringing about any industrial or political revolution, or who openly or at all attempts to justify by word of mouth or writing the commission or the attempt to commit sabotage, any act of violence, the destruction of or damage to any property, the injury of any person, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act, with the intent to exemplify, spread, or teach or suggest criminal syndicalism, or organizes, or helps to organize, or becomes a member of, or voluntarily assembles with, any society or assemblage of persons formed to teach or advocate, or which teaches, advocates, or suggests the doctrine of criminal syndicalism or sabotage, or the necessity, propriety, or expediency of doing any act of violence or the commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution, is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 9 - Syndicalism and Sabotage › Section 903 - Assembly for advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.

76-8-903.
Assembly for advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.
The assembly or consorting of two or more persons for the purpose of advocating, teaching, or suggesting the doctrine of criminal syndicalism, or to advocate, teach, suggest or encourage sabotage, or the duty, necessity, propriety or expediency of doing any act of violence, the destruction of or damage to any property, the bodily injury to any person, or the commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution, is hereby declared unlawful, and every person voluntarily participating therein, or by his presence aiding and instigating the same is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 9 - Syndicalism and Sabotage › Section 904 - Permitting use of property for assembly advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.

76-8-904.
Permitting use of property for assembly advocating criminal syndicalism or sabotage.
The owner, lessee, agent, superintendent, or person in charge or occupation of any place, building, room, or structure, who knowingly permits therein any assembly or consorting of persons prohibited by the provisions of Section 76-8-903, or who after notification that the place or premises, or any part thereof, is so used, permits such use to be continued, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1201 - Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2015
76-8-1201.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Client" means a person who receives or has received public assistance.
(2) "Overpayment" has the same meaning as defined in Section 35A-3-102.
(3) "Provider" has the same meaning as defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(4) "Public assistance" has the same meaning as defined in Section 35A-1-102.
Amended by Chapter 221, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1202 - Application of part.

Effective 5/3/2023
76-8-1202.
Application of part.
(1) This part does not apply to offenses by providers under the state's Medicaid program that are actionable under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Part 11, Utah False Claims Act.
(2)
(a) Section 35A-1-503 applies to criminal actions taken under this part.
(b) The repayment of funds or other benefits obtained in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall not constitute a defense or grounds for dismissal of a criminal action.
Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1203 - Disclosure required -- Penalty.

76-8-1203.
Disclosure required -- Penalty.
(1) Each person who applies for public assistance shall disclose to the state agency administering the public assistance each fact that may materially affect the determination of the person's eligibility to receive public assistance, including the person's current:
(a) marital status;
(b) household composition;
(c) employment;
(d) earned and unearned income, as defined by rule;
(e) receipt of monetary and in-kind gifts that may affect the person's eligibility;
(f) assets that may affect the person's eligibility; and
(g) any other material fact or change in circumstance that may affect the determination of that person's eligibility to receive public assistance benefits, or may affect the amount of benefits for which the person is eligible.
(2) A person applying for public assistance who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fails to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed under Subsection (1) is guilty of public assistance fraud as provided in Section 76-8-1206.
(3) With the exception of a client receiving public assistance from the Department of Workforce Services or the Department of Health, a client who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fails to disclose to the state agency administering the public assistance a change in a material fact required to be disclosed under Subsection (1), within 10 days after the date of the change, is guilty of public assistance fraud as provided in Section 76-8-1206.
(4) A client who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fails to disclose to the Department of Workforce Services or the Department of Health at the time of a review or recertification, whichever comes first, a change in a material fact required to be disclosed under Subsection (1) is guilty of public assistance fraud as provided in Section 76-8-1206.
Amended by Chapter 94, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1204 - Disclosure by provider required -- Penalty.

76-8-1204.
Disclosure by provider required -- Penalty.
(1)
(a) Any provider who solicits, requests, or receives, actually or constructively, any payment or contribution through a payment, assessment, gift, devise, bequest, or other means, directly or indirectly, from a client or client's family shall notify the state agency administering the public assistance the client is receiving of the amount of payment or contribution in writing within 10 days after receiving that payment or contribution.
(b) If the payment or contribution is to be made under an agreement, written or oral, the provider shall notify the state agency administering the public assistance the client is receiving of the payment or contribution within 10 days after entering into the agreement.
(2) Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fails to notify the state agency administering the public assistance the client is receiving as required by this section is guilty of public assistance fraud as provided in Section 76-8-1206.
Amended by Chapter 48, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1205 - Public assistance fraud defined.

Effective 5/12/2015
76-8-1205.
Public assistance fraud defined.
Each of the following persons, who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly commits any of the following acts, is guilty of public assistance fraud:
(1) a person who uses, transfers, acquires, traffics in, falsifies, or possesses SNAP benefits as defined in Section 35A-1-102, a SNAP identification card, a certificate of eligibility for medical services, a Medicaid identification card, a fund transfer instrument, a payment instrument, or a public assistance warrant in a manner not allowed by law;
(2) a person who fraudulently misappropriates funds exchanged for SNAP benefits as defined in Section 35A-1-102, or an identification card, certificate of eligibility for medical services, Medicaid identification card, or other public assistance with which the person has been entrusted or that has come into the person's possession in connection with the person's duties in administering a state or federally funded public assistance program;
(3) a person who receives an unauthorized payment as a result of acts described in this section;
(4) a provider who receives payment or a client who receives benefits after failing to comply with any applicable requirement in Sections 76-8-1203 and 76-8-1204;
(5) a provider who files a claim for payment under a state or federally funded public assistance program for goods or services not provided to or for a client of that program;
(6) a provider who files or falsifies a claim, report, or document required by state or federal law, rule, or provider agreement for goods or services not authorized under the state or federally funded public assistance program for which the goods or services were provided;
(7) a provider who fails to credit the state for payments received from other sources;
(8) a provider who bills a client or a client's family for goods or services not provided, or bills in an amount greater than allowed by law or rule;
(9) a client who, while receiving public assistance, acquires income or resources in excess of the amount the client previously reported to the state agency administering the public assistance, and fails to notify the state agency to which the client previously reported within 10 days after acquiring the excess income or resources;
(10) a person who fails to act as required under Section 76-8-1203 or 76-8-1204 with intent to obtain or help another obtain an "overpayment" as defined in Section 35A-3-102; and
(11) a person who obtains an overpayment by violation of Section 76-8-1203 or 76-8-1204.
Amended by Chapter 221, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1206 - Penalties for public assistance fraud.

76-8-1206.
Penalties for public assistance fraud.
(1) The severity of the offense of public assistance fraud is classified in accordance with the value of payments, assistance, or other benefits received, misappropriated, claimed, or applied for as follows:
(a) second degree felony if the value is or exceeds $5,000;
(b) third degree felony if the value is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000;
(c) class A misdemeanor if the value is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500; and
(d) class B misdemeanor if the value is less than $500.
(2) For purposes of Subsection (1), the value of an offense is calculated by aggregating the values of each instance of public assistance fraud committed by the defendant as part of the same facts and circumstances or a related series of facts and circumstances.
(3) Incidents of trafficking in SNAP benefits as defined in Section 35A-1-102 that occur within a six-month period, committed by an individual or coconspirators, are deemed to be a related series of facts and circumstances regardless of whether the transactions are conducted with a variety of unrelated parties.
Amended by Chapter 41, 2012 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud › Section 1207 - Legal actions -- Evidence -- Value of benefits -- Repayment no defense to criminal action.

76-8-1207.
Legal actions -- Evidence -- Value of benefits -- Repayment no defense to criminal action.
In any criminal action pursuant to this part:
(1) a paid state warrant made to the order of a party or a payment made through an electronic benefit card issued to a party constitutes prima facie evidence that the party received financial assistance from the state;
(2) all of the records in the custody of the department relating to the application for, verification of, issuance of, receipt of, and use of public assistance constitute records of regularly conducted activity within the meaning of the exceptions to the hearsay rule of evidence;
(3) the value of the benefits received shall be based on the ordinary or usual charge for similar benefits in the private sector; and
(4) the repayment of funds or other benefits obtained in violation of the provisions of this part constitutes no defense to, or ground for dismissal of, that action.
Amended by Chapter 48, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 14 - Disruption of School Activities › Section 1401 - Definitions.

76-8-1401.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Chief administrator" means the principal of a school or the chief administrator of a school that does not have a principal, and includes the administrator's designee or representative.
(2) "School" means an elementary school or a secondary school that:
(a) is a public or private school; and
(b) provides instruction for one or more of the grades kindergarten through 12.
Enacted by Chapter 107, 2004 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 14 - Disruption of School Activities › Section 1402 - Disruption of activities in or near school building -- Failure to leave -- Reentry -- Penalties.

76-8-1402.
Disruption of activities in or near school building -- Failure to leave -- Reentry -- Penalties.
(1) In the absence of a local ordinance or other controlling law governing the conduct described in this Subsection (1), a person is guilty of an offense under Subsection (2) who, while on a street, sidewalk, or public way adjacent to any school building or ground:
(a) by his or her presence or acts, materially disrupts the peaceful conduct of school activities; and
(b) remains upon the place under Subsection (1)(a) after being asked to leave by the chief administrator of that school.
(2)
(a) A violation of Subsection (1) is subject to the penalties under Subsection (2)(b) unless the violation constitutes another offense subject to a greater penalty.
(b)
(i) The first and second violation of Subsection (1) are class B misdemeanors.
(ii) A third and any subsequent violations of Subsection (1) are class A misdemeanors.
Enacted by Chapter 107, 2004 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 14 - Disruption of School Activities › Section 1403 - Evading law enforcement by going onto school property -- Penalty -- Restitution.

Effective 5/8/2018
76-8-1403.
Evading law enforcement by going onto school property -- Penalty -- Restitution.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "School" means any public or private kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school through grade 12, including all buildings and property of the school.
(b) "School property" means real property:
(i) that is owned or occupied by a public or private school; or
(ii)
(A) that is temporarily occupied by students for a school-related activity or program; and
(B) regarding which, during the time the activity or program is being conducted, the main use of the real property is allocated to participants in the activity or program.
(2) A person is guilty of the class A misdemeanor of evading law enforcement while on school property, if the person enters onto school property when:
(a) students are attending the school or students are participating in any school-related activity or program on school property; and
(b) the person is in the act of fleeing or evading, or attempting to flee or evade, pursuit or apprehension by any peace officer.
(3) It is not a defense that the person did not know that the person had entered onto school property.
(4) As a part of the sentence for violation of this section, the court shall order the defendant to reimburse the school for costs incurred by the school in responding to the defendant's presence on the school property.
(5) The offense under this section of evading law enforcement while on school property is a separate offense from a violation of:
(a) Section 41-6a-210, regarding failure to respond to an officer's signal to stop; or
(b) Section 76-8-305.5, regarding failure to stop at the command of a peace officer.
Amended by Chapter 133, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 101 - Riot -- Penalties.

Effective 5/4/2022
76-9-101.
Riot -- Penalties.
(1) An individual is guilty of riot if the individual:
(a) simultaneously with two or more other individuals engages in violent conduct, knowingly or recklessly creating a substantial risk of causing public alarm;
(b) assembles with two or more other individuals with the purpose of engaging, soon thereafter, in violent conduct, knowing, that two or more other individuals in the assembly have the same purpose; or
(c) assembles with two or more other individuals with the purpose of committing an offense against a person, or the property of another person who the individual supposes to be guilty of a violation of law, believing that two or more other individuals in the assembly have the same purpose.
(2) Any individual who refuses to comply with a lawful order to withdraw prior to, during, or immediately following a violation of Subsection (1) is guilty of riot. It is no defense to a prosecution under this Subsection (2) that withdrawal must take place over private property; provided, however, that an individual who withdraws in compliance with an order to withdraw may not incur criminal or civil liability by virtue of acts reasonably necessary to accomplish the withdrawal.
(3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), riot is a class B misdemeanor.
(4) Riot is a third degree felony if, in the course of the conduct:
(a) the individual causes substantial or serious bodily injury;
(b) the individual causes substantial property damage or commits arson; or
(c) the individual was in possession of a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 76-1-101.5.
(5) An individual arrested for a violation of Subsection (4) may not be released from custody before the individual appears before a magistrate or a judge.
(6) The court shall order a defendant convicted under Subsection (4) to pay restitution in accordance with Section 77-38b-205.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 103 - Disrupting a meeting or procession.

76-9-103.
Disrupting a meeting or procession.
(1) A person is guilty of disrupting a meeting or procession if, intending to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, he obstructs or interferes with the meeting, procession, or gathering by physical action, verbal utterance, or any other means.
(2) Disrupting a meeting or procession is a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 104 - Failure to disperse.

76-9-104.
Failure to disperse.
(1) A person is guilty of failure to disperse when he remains at the scene of a riot, disorderly conduct, or an unlawful assembly after having been ordered to disperse by a peace officer.
(2) This section shall not apply to a person who attempted to but was unable to leave the scene of the riot or unlawful assembly.
(3) Failure to disperse is a class C misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 105 - Making a false alarm -- Penalties.

Effective 5/9/2017
76-9-105.
Making a false alarm -- Penalties.
(1) A person is guilty of making a false alarm if he initiates or circulates a report or warning of any fire, impending bombing, or other crime or catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false or baseless and is likely to cause evacuation of any building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport, to cause public inconvenience or alarm or action of any sort by any official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies.
(2)
(a) A person is guilty of a second degree felony if the person makes a false alarm relating to a weapon of mass destruction as defined in Section 76-10-401.
(b) A person is guilty of a third degree felony if:
(i) the person makes a false alarm alleging on ongoing act or event, or an imminent threat; and
(ii) the false alarm causes or threatens to cause bodily harm, serious bodily injury, or death to another person.
(c) Making a false alarm other than under Subsection (2)(a) or (b) is a class B misdemeanor.
(3) In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a court shall order any person convicted of a felony violation of this section to reimburse any federal, state, or local unit of government, or any private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation, unless the court states on the record the reasons why the court finds the reimbursement would be inappropriate.
Amended by Chapter 462, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 106 - Disrupting the operation of a school.

76-9-106.
Disrupting the operation of a school.
(1) A person is guilty of disrupting the operation of a school if the person, after being asked to leave by a school official, remains on school property for the purpose of encouraging or creating an unreasonable and substantial disruption or risk of disruption of a class, activity, program, or other function of a public or private school.
(2) For purposes of this section, "school property" includes property being used by a public or private school for a school function.
(3) Disrupting the operation of a school is a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 163, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 107 - Unauthorized entry of school bus -- Posting of warning on school buses.

76-9-107.
Unauthorized entry of school bus -- Posting of warning on school buses.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Driver" means the driver of the school bus.
(b) "School bus" means every publicly or privately owned motor vehicle designed for transporting 10 or more passengers and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or school activities.
(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person:
(a) enters a school bus with the intent to commit a criminal offense;
(b) enters a school bus and disrupts or interferes with the driver; or
(c) enters a school bus and refuses to leave the bus after being ordered to leave by the driver and the person:
(i) is not a peace officer acting within the scope of his or her authority as a peace officer;
(ii) is not authorized by the school district to board the bus as a student or as an individual employed by the school district or volunteering as a participant in a school activity;
(iii) causes or attempts to cause a disruption or an annoyance to any passenger on the bus; or
(iv) is reckless as to whether the person's presence or behavior will cause fear on the part of any passenger on the bus.
(3) Each school district shall ensure that clearly legible signs be placed on each school bus, next to each entrance to the bus, warning that unauthorized entry of a school bus is a violation of state law.
Enacted by Chapter 186, 2003 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency › Part 1 - Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses › Section 108 - Disrupting a funeral or memorial service.

76-9-108.
Disrupting a funeral or memorial service.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Funeral procession" means a procession of two or more motor vehicles where:
(i) the operators of the vehicles identify themselves as being part of the procession by having the lamps or lights of the vehicle on and by keeping in close formation with the other vehicles in the procession;
(ii) at least one vehicle contains the body or remains of a deceased person being memorialized; and
(iii) the vehicles are going to or from a memorial service.
(b) "Memorial service" means a wake, funeral, graveside service, burial, or other ceremony or rite held in connection with the burial or cremation of an individual.
(c) "Memorial site" means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home, mortuary, cemetery, grave site, mausoleum, or other place at which a memorial service is conducted.
(d) "Disruptive activity" means:
(i) a loud or disruptive oration or speech that is not part of the memorial service;
(ii) the display of a placard, banner, poster, flag, or other item that is not part of the memorial service; or
(iii) the distribution of any handbill, pamphlet, leaflet, or other written material or other item that is not part of the memorial service.
(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, with intent to disrupt the memorial service, does any of the following during the period beginning 60 minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of a memorial service and ending 60 minutes after the conclusion of a memorial service:
(a) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks another person's entry to or exit from the memorial site;
(b) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks a funeral procession;
(c) makes unreasonable noise; or
(d) engages in a disruptive activity within 200 feet of the memorial service.
Enacted by Chapter 46, 2007 General Session