{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-77-7-12","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 77-7-12","heading":"Detaining persons suspected of shoplifting or library theft -- Persons authorized.","body":"(1) A peace officer, merchant, or merchant's employee, servant, or agent who has reasonable grounds to believe that goods held or displayed for sale by the merchant have been taken by a person with intent to steal may, for the purpose of investigating the unlawful act and attempting to effect a recovery of the goods, detain the person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time.\n(2) A peace officer or employee of a library may detain a person for the purposes and under the limits of Subsection (1) if there are reasonable grounds to believe the person violated Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 8, Library Theft.","path":["Title 77 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 77-7 Arrest, by Whom, and How Made"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter7/77-7-S12.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"55dfed41777f781564d6b1af68b5a0838d05b2310f6b4c814af71bdd0d96797d","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-77-7-11","next":"us-ut/utah-code-77-7-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}