2006 Utah Code - 76-4-401 — Enticing a minor over the Internet -- Elements -- Penalties.

     76-4-401.   Enticing a minor over the Internet -- Elements -- Penalties.
     (1) A person commits enticement of a minor over the Internet when the person knowingly uses a computer to solicit, seduce, lure, or entice, or attempts to use a computer to solicit, seduce, lure, or entice a minor or a person the defendant believes to be a minor to engage in any sexual activity which is a violation of state criminal law.
     (2) It is not a defense to the crime of enticing a minor under Subsection (1), or an attempt to commit this offense, that a law enforcement officer or an undercover operative who is working with a law enforcement agency was involved in the detection or investigation of the offense.
     (3) An enticement of a minor under Subsection (1) with the intent to commit:
     (a) a first degree felony is a second degree felony;
     (b) a second degree felony is a third degree felony;
     (c) a third degree felony is a class A misdemeanor;
     (d) a class A misdemeanor is a class B misdemeanor; and
     (e) a class B misdemeanor is a class C misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 164, 2003 General Session