{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-224","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-1-224","heading":"Criminal and civil penalties and liability for violations.","body":"(1)\n(a) Any person, association, corporation, or an officer of a person, an association, or a corporation, who violates any provision of Section 26B-1-222 or 26B-1-223, or lawful orders of the department or a local health department in a criminal proceeding is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for the first violation, and for any subsequent similar violation within two years, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except this section does not establish the criminal penalty for a violation of Section 26B-8-134.\n(b) Conviction in a criminal proceeding does not preclude the department or a local health department from assessment of any civil penalty, administrative civil money penalty or to deny, revoke, condition, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other injunctive or equitable remedies.\n(2)\n(a) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), any association, corporation, or an officer of an association or a corporation, who violates any provision of this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this title by the department:\n(i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $5,000 per violation; or\n(ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $5,000 per violation.\n(b) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), an individual who violates any provision of this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this title by the department:\n(i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $150 per violation; or\n(ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $150 per violation.\n(c)\n(i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), a penalty described in Subsection (2)(a) or (b) may only be assessed against the same individual, association, or corporation one time in a calendar week.\n(ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c)(i), an individual, an association, a corporation, or an officer of an association or a corporation, who willfully disregards or recklessly violates a provision of this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this title by the department, may be assessed a penalty as described in Subsection (2)(a) for each day of violation if it is determined that the violation is likely to result in a serious threat to public health.\n(d) Upon reasonable cause shown in judicial civil proceeding or an administrative action, a penalty imposed under this Subsection (2) may be waived or reduced.\n(3) Assessment of any civil penalty or administrative penalty does not preclude the department or a local health department from seeking criminal penalties or to deny, revoke, impose conditions on, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other injunctive or equitable remedies.\n(4) In addition to any penalties imposed under Subsection (1), a person, association, corporation, or an officer of a person, an association, or a corporation, is liable for any expense incurred by the department in removing or abating any health or sanitation violations, including any nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness, or dead animal.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-1 Department of Health and Human Services","Part 26B-1-2 Department of Health and Human Services"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter1/26B-1-S224.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"0a7fdff3c184bfcab5dc831ddbb043573fc7080ee8a5a3bf8f2612a18b38f134","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-223","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}