2006 Utah Code - 76-7-101 — Bigamy -- Defense.

     76-7-101.   Bigamy -- Defense.
     (1) A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing he has a husband or wife or knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another person or cohabits with another person.
     (2) Bigamy is a felony of the third degree.
     (3) It shall be a defense to bigamy that the accused reasonably believed he and the other person were legally eligible to remarry.

Amended by Chapter 296, 1997 General Session

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