{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-313","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-5-313","heading":"Patronizing a victim of human labor trafficking.","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) \"Fraud\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-308.\n(b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits patronizing a victim of labor trafficking if:\n(a) the actor knowingly requests or accepts labor or services from an individual;\n(b) the labor or services described in Subsection (2)(a) is not a commercial sexual act or a commercial sexually explicit performance; and\n(c) the actor:\n(i) knows the individual's services or labor is being provided as a result of another person's exercise of force, fraud, or coercion over the individual; or\n(ii) is reckless as to whether the individual's services or labor is being provided as a result of another person's exercise of force, fraud, or coercion over the individual.\n(3)\n(a) A violation of Subsection (2)(c)(i) is a third degree felony.\n(b)\n(i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), a violation of Subsection (2)(c)(ii) is a class A misdemeanor.\n(ii) A violation of Subsection (2)(c)(ii) is a third degree felony on a second or any subsequent conviction for a violation of Subsection (2)(c)(ii).","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-S313.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"e6e83e9c9afe2c46672338182afc9a40bc781eaf2ac328c042c2bc5cdd135dc9","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-312","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-5-314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}