2006 Utah Code - 62A-4a-501 — Providing shelter to a runaway -- Reporting requirements -- Division to provide assistance -- Penalty.

     62A-4a-501.   Providing shelter to a runaway -- Reporting requirements -- Division to provide assistance -- Penalty.
     (1) Any person who knowingly and intentionally harbors a minor and who knows at the time of harboring the minor that the minor is away from the parent's or legal guardian's home, or other lawfully prescribed residence, without the permission of the parent or legal guardian, shall promptly notify the parent or legal guardian of the minor's location or report the location of the minor to the division. The report may be made by telephone or any other reasonable means.
     (2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
     (a) "Promptly" means within eight hours after the person has knowledge that the minor is away from home without parental permission.
     (b) "Shelter" means the person's home or any structure over which the person has any control.
     (3) Upon receipt of a report that a minor is being harbored by a person the division shall notify the parent or legal guardian that a report has been made and inform the parent or legal guardian of assistance available from the division.
     (4) A parent or legal guardian who is aware that his minor is being harbored may notify the division or a law enforcement agency and request assistance in retrieving the minor from the place of shelter. The division or local law enforcement agency may assist the parent or legal guardian in retrieving the minor.
     (5) Any person who knowingly and intentionally harbors a minor and who knows at the time of harboring the minor that the minor is away from the parent's or legal guardian's home, or other lawfully prescribed residence, without the permission of the parent or guardian and without making the notification required by this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Enacted by Chapter 245, 1996 General Session