Utah Code § 76-5-418: Sexual battery.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 76 Criminal Offenses
- Chapter 76-5 Offenses Against the Individual
- Part 76-5-4 Sexual Offenses
(1) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits sexual battery if, under circumstances not amounting to an offense described in Subsection (4):
(a) the actor intentionally touches, whether or not through clothing:
(i) the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of another individual; or
(ii) the breast of a female individual; and
(b) the actor's conduct is under circumstances that the actor knows or should know will likely cause affront or alarm to the individual touched.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.
(4) The offenses referred to in Subsection (2) are:
(a) rape under Section 76-5-402;
(b) rape of a child under Section 76-5-402.1;
(c) object rape under Section 76-5-402.2;
(d) object rape of a child under Section 76-5-402.3;
(e) forcible sodomy under Section 76-5-403;
(f) sodomy on a child under Section 76-5-403.1;
(g) forcible sexual abuse under Section 76-5-404;
(h) sexual abuse of a child under Section 76-5-404.1;
(i) aggravated sexual abuse of a child under Section 76-5-404.3;
(j) aggravated sexual assault under Section 76-5-405; and
(k) an attempt to commit an offense under this Subsection (4).
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