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Utah Code § 53-5a-601

Definitions

Amended by Chapter 448, 2026 General Session

As used in this part:

(1) "Antique firearm" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-101.5.

(2) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201 within the department.

(3) "Criminal history background check" means a criminal background check conducted through the bureau or a local law enforcement agency.

(4) "Dangerous weapon" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-11-101.

(5) "Dealer" means a person who is:

(a) licensed under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and

(b) engaged in the business of selling, leasing, or otherwise transferring a firearm or handgun, whether the person is a retail or wholesale dealer, pawnbroker, or other type of merchant or seller.

(6) "Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1.

(7) "Federal firearms licensee" means a person who:

(a) holds a valid federal firearms license issued under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and

(b) is engaged in the activities authorized by the specific category of license held by the person.

(8)

(a) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barreled shotgun, rifle, or short barreled rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a projectile by action of an explosive.

(b) "Firearm" does not include an antique firearm.

(9) "NFA firearm" means a firearm as that term is defined in the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5845.

(10)

(a) "Short barreled rifle" means a rifle having a barrel or barrels of fewer than 16 inches in length.

(b) "Short barreled rifle" includes a dangerous weapon made from a rifle by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as modified has an overall length of fewer than 26 inches.

(11)

(a) "Short barreled shotgun" means a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of fewer than 18 inches in length.

(b) "Short barreled shotgun" includes a dangerous weapon made from a shotgun by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as modified has an overall length of fewer than 26 inches.

(12) "Shotgun" means a smooth bore firearm designed to fire cartridges containing pellets or a single slug.

(13) "Slug" means a single projectile discharged from a shotgun shell.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.