2006 Utah Code - 65A-3-1 — Trespassing on state lands -- Penalties.

     65A-3-1.   Trespassing on state lands -- Penalties.
     (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsection (2) if he:
     (a) without written authorization from the division:
     (i) removes, extracts, uses, consumes, or destroys any mineral resource, gravel, sand, soil, vegetation, or improvement on state lands;
     (ii) grazes livestock on state lands;
     (iii) uses, occupies, or constructs improvements or structures on state lands;
     (iv) uses or occupies state lands for more than 30 days after the cancellation or expiration of written authorization;
     (v) knowingly and willfully uses state lands for commercial gain; or
     (vi) appropriates, alters, injures, or destroys any historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or paleontological resource on state lands; or
     (b) uses or occupies state lands in violation of division rules.
     (2) A person who commits any act described in Subsection (1) is liable for damages in the amount of:
     (a) three times the value of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or extracted;
     (b) three times the amount of damage committed; or
     (c) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the division for use of the land during the period of trespass.
     (3) In addition to the damages described in Subsection (2), a person found guilty of a misdemeanor under Subsection (1) is subject to the penalties provided in Section 76-3-204.
     (4) Money collected under this section shall be deposited in the fund in which like revenues from that land would be deposited.

Amended by Chapter 267, 1995 General Session