{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-5-313","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 23A-5-313","heading":"Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Criminal penalty.","body":"(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.\n(2) A person commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:\n(a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311; and\n(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.\n(3) A person who commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is guilty of a third degree felony.","path":["Title 23A Wildlife Resources Act","Chapter 23A-5 Enforcement and Violations","Part 23A-5-3 Violations"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title23A/Chapter5/23A-5-S313.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"c2f8e08e27e806ecbf10cc54542c92bcdd7df9f8c698bd049864cd47115e9f41","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-5-312","next":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-5-314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}