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Utah Code § 53G-8-603

Criminal trespass upon school property -- Penalty

Amended by Chapter 485, 2025 General Session

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Enter" means intrusion of the entire body upon school property.

(b) "Remain unlawfully" means that a person remains on property when the person is not licensed or privileged to remain on the property.

(c)

(i) "School property" means a school.

(ii) "School property" does not mean LEA offices or any other property an LEA owns or controls that is not a school.

(2) A person is guilty of criminal trespass upon school property if the person does the following:

(a) enters or remains unlawfully upon school property, and:

(i) intends to cause annoyance or injury to a person or damage to property on the school property;

(ii) intends to commit a crime; or

(iii) is reckless as to whether the person's presence will cause fear for the safety of another; or

(b) enters or remains without authorization upon school property if notice against entry or remaining has been given by:

(i) personal communication to the person by a school official or an individual with apparent authority to act for a school official;

(ii) the posting of signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of trespassers;

(iii) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude trespassers; or

(iv) a current order of suspension or expulsion.

(3) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

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