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Utah Code § 23A-5-313: Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Criminal penalty.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 23A Wildlife Resources Act
  2. Chapter 23A-5 Enforcement and Violations
  3. Part 23A-5-3 Violations

(1) As used in this section, "convicted" includes a guilty adjudication, guilty plea, no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance.

(2) A person commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:

(a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311; and

(b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (2)(a) occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311.

(3) A person who commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is guilty of a third degree felony.

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