2006 Utah Code - 78-36-1 — "Forcible entry" defined.

     78-36-1.   "Forcible entry" defined.
     Every person is guilty of a forcible entry, who either:
     (1) by breaking open doors, windows or other parts of a house, or by fraud, intimidation or stealth, or by any kind of violence or circumstances of terror, enters upon or into any real property; or,
     (2) after entering peaceably upon real property, turns out by force, threats or menacing conduct the party in actual possession.

No Change Since 1953

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