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Utah Code § 76-18-505

Legal inference of intent -- Illegal possession of a controlled substance precursor or clandestine laboratory equipment

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 362, 2026 General Session

The trier of fact may infer that an actor intended to engage in a clandestine laboratory operation if the actor:

(1) is in illegal possession of a controlled substance precursor; or

(2) illegally possesses, or attempts to illegally possess, a controlled substance or controlled substance precursor and is in possession of any one of the following pieces of equipment:

(a) glass reaction vessel;

(b) separatory funnel;

(c) glass condenser;

(d) analytical balance;

(e) heating mantle;

(f) pill press machine or similar device;

(g) closed loop extraction system;

(h) extraction tube; or

(i) rotary evaporator.

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