2006 Utah Code - 78-11-18 — Merchant\'s authority to detain.

     78-11-18.   Merchant's authority to detain.
     Any merchant who has reason to believe that merchandise has been wrongfully taken by an individual contrary to Section 78-11-15 or 78-11-16 and that he can recover such merchandise by taking such individual into custody and detaining him may, for the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery or for the purpose of informing a peace officer of the circumstances of such detention, take the individual into custody and detain him in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time. Such taking into custody and detention by a merchant or his employee shall not render such merchant or his employee criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, slander or unlawful detention or for any other type of claim or action unless the custody and detention are unreasonable under all the circumstances.

Amended by Chapter 93, 1981 General Session