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Utah Code § 76-8-418: Damaging a jail or other place of confinement.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 76 Criminal Offenses
  2. Chapter 76-8 Offenses Against the Administration of Government
  3. Part 76-8-4 Offenses Against Public Property

(1)

(a) As used in this section:

(i) "Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

(ii) "Detention facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

(iii) "Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

(iv) "Shelter facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.

(2) An actor commits damaging a jail or other place of confinement if the actor willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, destroys, floods, or otherwise damages a public jail or other place of confinement, including a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.

(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.

(4) This section is applicable to a child who willfully and intentionally commits an offense against a public jail, a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.

Collected 2026-09-03T11:34:34Z. Source file · JSON

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