{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-114","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-9-114","heading":"Aggravated commercial obstruction.","body":"(1)\n(a) As used in this section:\n(i) \"Building\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.\n(ii) \"Business\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.\n(iii) \"Enter\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.\n(b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits aggravated commercial obstruction if the actor:\n(a) enters or remains unlawfully on the premises or in a building of any business;\n(b) intends to interfere with the employees, customers, personnel, or operations of the business; and\n(c) intends to:\n(i) obtain unauthorized control over any merchandise, property, records, data, or proprietary information of the business;\n(ii) alter, eradicate, or remove any merchandise, records, data, or proprietary information of the business;\n(iii) damage, deface, or destroy any property on the premises of the business;\n(iv) commit an assault on any person; or\n(v) commit any other felony.\n(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony.\n(4) This section does not apply to:\n(a) an action protected by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq., or the Federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq; or\n(b) an individual's exercise of the rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States or under Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 15.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-9 Offenses Against Public Order, Health, and Safety","Part 76-9-1 Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter9/76-9-S114.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"6b41fe46f4b8857bdd89b40001e0b999b760d5f68a08b857087902b4f470b428","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-113","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}