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Utah Code § 65A-3-2: Wildland fire prevention -- Prohibited acts.

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  1. Title 65A Forestry, Fire, and State Lands
  2. Chapter 65A-3 Illegal Activities on State Lands and Wildland Fire Liability

(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:

(a) throws or places a lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance that may cause a fire on a highway or a wildland fire;

(b) obstructs the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division, in the performance of controlling a fire;

(c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or

(d) fires a tracer or incendiary ammunition:

(i) anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations; or

(ii) except with the written permission of the director of the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, given upon written request, if the director:

(A) specifies a limited period of time and a limited area in which the ammunition may be used; and

(B) issues the written permission in accordance with this title and applicable rules.

(2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in the General Fund.

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