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Utah Code § 76-9-114

Aggravated commercial obstruction

Enacted by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session

(1)

(a) As used in this section:

(i) "Building" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.

(ii) "Business" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.

(iii) "Enter" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-113.

(b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.

(2) An actor commits aggravated commercial obstruction if the actor:

(a) enters or remains unlawfully on the premises or in a building of any business;

(b) intends to interfere with the employees, customers, personnel, or operations of the business; and

(c) intends to:

(i) obtain unauthorized control over any merchandise, property, records, data, or proprietary information of the business;

(ii) alter, eradicate, or remove any merchandise, records, data, or proprietary information of the business;

(iii) damage, deface, or destroy any property on the premises of the business;

(iv) commit an assault on any person; or

(v) commit any other felony.

(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony.

(4) This section does not apply to:

(a) an action protected by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq., or the Federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq; or

(b) an individual's exercise of the rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States or under Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 15.

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