Title 76, Title 76: Criminal Offenses

76-8-316.2. Assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole. (1) As used in this section: "Board member" mea…

76-8-316.4. Aggravated assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole. (1) As used in this section: "Board …

76-8-316.6. Attempted murder with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole. (1) As used in this section: "Board me…

76-8-317. Refusal to comply with an order to evacuate or order issued in a local or state emergency. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits refusal to comply with an order to evacuate or order issued in a local or state eme…

76-8-318. Assault against a child welfare worker or a family member of a child welfare worker. (1) As used in this section: "Assault" means an offense under Section. 76-5-102 "Child welfare worker" means an employee of the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section.…

76-8-318.5. Threat of violence against a child welfare worker or a family member of a child welfare worker. (1) As used in this section: "Child welfare worker" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 76-8-318 "Family member" means the same as that term is defined in Se…

76-8-319. Aiding or concealing an adjudicated minor. (1) As used in this section: "Abscond from a facility" means an adjudicated minor: leaves a facility without permission; or fails to return at a prescribed time. "Abscond from supervision" means an adjudicated minor: changes th…

76-8-320. Trespass of a secure care facility. (1) As used in this section: "Juvenile offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 76-8-311.5 "Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 76-8-311.5 Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to t…

76-8-321. Unlawfully advancing foreign organizations and governments. (1) As used in this section: "Agent of a foreign government" means the same as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 951. "Federally designated foreign terrorist organization" means a foreign organization that…

76-8-402. Misusing public money or public property -- Disqualification from office. (1) As used in this section, "authorized personal use" means: the use of public property, for a personal matter, by an actor who is a public servant if: the actor is authorized to use or possess t…

76-8-403. Failure to keep and pay over public money. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection, an actor commits failure to keep and pay over public money if the actor: 76-8-402(3)(b) receives, safeke…

76-8-405. Failure to pay over a fine, forfeiture, or fee. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits failure to pay over a fine, forfeiture, or fee if the actor: is a public officer; receives any fine, forfeiture, or fee; and r…

76-8-406. Obstructing the collection of revenue. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits obstructing the collection of revenue if the actor willfully obstructs or hinders a public officer who is empowered by law to collect r…

76-8-407. Refusing to give accurate tax assessment information. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits refusing to give accurate tax assessment information if the actor: unlawfully refuses, upon demand, to give to a county …

76-8-408. Giving a false tax receipt or failing to give a receipt. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits giving a false tax receipt or failing to give a receipt if the actor: uses or gives a receipt, except that prescribed…

76-8-409. Refusing to give a tax assessor or tax or license fee collector a list of employees. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits refusing to give a tax assessor or tax or license fee collector a list of employees if th…

76-8-409.2. Denying a tax assessor or tax or license fee collector access to a building or place of employment. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits denying a tax assessor or tax or license fee collector access to a build…

76-8-410. Doing business without a license. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits doing business without a license if the actor commences or carries on a business, trade, profession, or calling, for which a license is requ…

76-8-411. Trafficking in warrants. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits trafficking in warrants if the actor: is an officer of the state, a county, a city, a town, or a district; and directly or indirectly contracts for o…

76-8-412. Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian. (1) As used in this section, "public record" means the following records filed or deposited in a public office: a record; a map; a book; or a paper or proceeding of a court. Terms defined in Sectionsandappl…

76-8-413. Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by one not custodian. (1) As used in this section, "public record" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 76-8-412 Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits s…

76-8-414. Recording a false or forged instrument. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits recording a false or forged instrument if the actor knowingly procures or offers a false or forged instrument to be filed, registered,…

76-8-415. Damaging or removing a monument of an official survey. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits damaging or removing a monument of an official survey if the actor willfully injures, defaces, or removes a signal, mon…

76-8-416. Taking a toll or maintaining a road, bridge, or ferry without authority. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits taking a toll or maintaining a road, bridge, or ferry without authority if the actor, without authori…

76-8-416.2. Refusal to pay a lawful toll. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits refusal to pay a lawful toll if the actor, after having used a licensed toll road, bridge, ferry, or constructed ford, refuses to pay on deman…

76-8-417. Tampering with an official notice or proclamation. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits tampering with an official notice or proclamation if the actor intentionally defaces, obliterates, tears down, or destroys:…

76-8-418. Damaging a jail or other place of confinement. (1) As used in this section: "Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 80-1-102 "Detention facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 80-1-102 "Secure care facility" means the same as that…

76-8-419. Damaging a highway or bridge. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits damaging a highway or bridge if the actor intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly digs up, removes, displaces, breaks, or otherwise damages or d…

76-8-420. Removing or damaging a road sign. (1) Terms defined in Sectionsandapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 (2) An actor commits removing or damaging a road sign if the actor intentionally or knowingly removes or damages: a milepost, milestone, or guidepost erected on …

76-8-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "False statement" includes a false unsworn declaration. (2) "Material" means capable of affecting the course or outcome of an official proceeding, unless the individual who made the statement or provided the information retracts th…

76-8-502. Making a false or inconsistent material statement. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits making a false or inconsistent material statement if the actor: makes a false material statement under oath or …

76-8-503. Making a false or inconsistent statement. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) Except as provided in Subsection (6), an actor commits making a false or inconsistent statement if the actor: makes a false statement und…

76-8-504. Making a written false statement. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits making a written false statement if: the actor makes a statement that the actor does not believe to be true on or under a form b…

76-8-504.5. Making a false statement to be used in a preliminary hearing. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits making a false statement to be used in a preliminary hearing if the actor makes a false statement …

76-8-504.6. Providing false or misleading information. (1) As used in this section, "officer of the court" means: a prosecutor; a judge; a court clerk; an interpreter; a presentence investigator; a probation officer; a parole officer; or an individual reasonably believed to be ga…

76-8-506. Providing false information to a law enforcement officer, government agency, or specified professional. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits providing false information to a law enforcement officer, …

76-8-507. Providing false personal information to a peace officer. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits providing false personal information to a peace officer if the actor knowingly: with intent of misleading…

76-8-508. Tampering with a witness. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits tampering with a witness if the actor: believes that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted; or in…

76-8-508.3. Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant. (1) As used in this section: "An individual closely associated with a witness, victim, or informant" means an individual who is a member of the witness's, victim's, or informant's family, has a close personal or bus…

76-8-508.5. Tampering with or retaliating against a juror. (1) As used in this section, "juror" means an individual: summoned for jury duty; or serving as or having served as a juror or alternate juror in any court or as a juror on any grand jury of the state. Terms defined in Se…

76-8-508.7. Receiving or soliciting a bribe as a witness. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits receiving or soliciting a bribe as a witness if the actor: believes that an official proceeding or investigation i…

76-8-509. Extortion or bribery to dismiss a criminal proceeding. (1) As used in this section, "victim" includes a child or other individual under the care or custody of a parent or guardian. Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An…

76-8-510.5. Tampering with evidence. (1) As used in this section, "thing or item" includes any document, record book, paper, file, electronic compilation, or other evidence. Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits ta…

76-8-511. Falsification or alteration of a government record. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits falsification or alteration of a government record if, under circumstances not amounting to an offense subject…

76-8-512. Impersonation of officer. (1) Terms defined in Sections,, andapply to this section. 76-1-101.5 76-8-101 76-8-501 (2) An actor commits impersonation of an officer if the actor: impersonates a public servant or a peace officer with intent to deceive another individual or …

76-8-513. Sending a false judicial or official notice. (1) As used in this section: "Official document" means: a summons, complaint, court order, or process; or an insignia, seal, or printed form of a federal, state, or local governmental entity or an instrumentality of a federal…