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2012 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Article 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Section 102 - Assault.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 76-5-102 (2012)
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76-5-102. Assault.

(1) Assault is:

(a) an attempt, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to another;

(b) a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury to another; or

(c) an act, committed with unlawful force or violence, that causes bodily injury to another or creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another.

(2) Assault is a class B misdemeanor.

(3) Assault is a class A misdemeanor if:

(a) the person causes substantial bodily injury to another; or

(b) the victim is pregnant and the person has knowledge of the pregnancy.

(4) It is not a defense against assault, that the accused caused serious bodily injury to another.


Amended by Chapter 109, 2003 General Session

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