{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-308","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-5-308","heading":"Human trafficking for labor.","body":"(1)\n(a) As used in this section:\n(i) \"Commercial sexual act\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-308.1.\n(ii) \"Commercial sexually explicit performance\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-308.1.\n(iii) \"Extortion\" means an offense of:\n(A) sexual extortion or aggravated sexual extortion under Section 76-5b-204; or\n(B) theft by extortion under Section 76-6-406.\n(iv) \"Fraud\" means a knowingly false or misleading material representation of fact that is:\n(A) made to obtain money, property, a benefit, or a service to which a person is not entitled;\n(B) intended to cause another person to rely upon the representation; and\n(C) relied upon by another person.\n(b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits human trafficking for labor if:\n(a) the actor enlists, harbors, transports, obtains, or uses an individual for the purpose of procuring or using the individual's labor through the use of force, fraud, or coercion;\n(b) the labor described in Subsection (2)(a) is not a commercial sexual act or a commercial sexually explicit performance; and\n(c) the actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion described in Subsection (2)(a) involves:\n(i) causing, or threatening to cause, serious harm to the individual or another individual;\n(ii) physically restraining, or threatening to physically restrain, the individual or another individual;\n(iii) destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or unlawfully possessing a passport, immigration document, or other government-issued identification document;\n(iv) using, or threatening to use, the legal process in an unlawful manner against the individual or another individual;\n(v) kidnapping, or threatening to kidnap, the individual or another individual;\n(vi) extortion of the individual or another individual;\n(vii) facilitating or controlling the individual's access to a controlled substance; or\n(viii) creating or exploiting a circumstance under which:\n(A) the individual is unable to terminate the employment relationship; or\n(B) the individual is unlawfully forced to remain in a condition of servitude.\n(3)\n(a) A violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony if the violation is done knowingly.\n(b) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony if the violation is done recklessly.\n(4) An offense committed under this section is a separate offense from any other offense committed in relationship to the commission of an offense under this section.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-5 Offenses Against the Individual","Part 76-5-3 Kidnapping, Trafficking, And Smuggling"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5/76-5-S308.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"4c27814721a9a278bef4fd9bffa9f96ee25164699ff8d4625ca5e24d90813f99","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-305","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-308.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}