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Utah Code § 53H-7-504

Criminal retaliation against a victim or a witness

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2025 Special Session 1

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Bodily injury" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-1-101.5.

(b) "Damage" means physical damage to an individual's property.

(2) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual inflicts bodily injury or damage:

(a) upon a victim of or a witness to an act of sexual violence alleged in a covered allegation; and

(b) in retaliation for the victim's or the witness's:

(i) report of the covered allegation; or

(ii) involvement in an investigation initiated by the institution in response to the covered allegation.

(3) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual:

(a) communicates an intention to inflict bodily injury:

(i) upon a victim of or a witness to an act of sexual violence alleged in a covered allegation; and

(ii) in retaliation for the victim's or the witness's:

(A) report of the covered allegation; or

(B) involvement in an investigation initiated by the institution in response to the covered allegation; and

(b)

(i) intends the communication described in Subsection (3)(a) as a threat against the victim or the witness; or

(ii) knows that the communication described in Subsection (3)(a) will be viewed as a threat against the victim or the witness.

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