2017 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Welfare, and Morals
Part 15 - Bus Passenger Safety Act
Section 1504 - Bus hijacking -- Assault with intent to commit hijacking -- Use of a dangerous weapon -- Penalties.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-10-1504 (2017)
Effective 5/10/2016
76-10-1504. Bus hijacking -- Assault with intent to commit hijacking -- Use of a dangerous weapon -- Penalties.
  • (1)
    • (a) A person is guilty of bus hijacking if the person seizes or exercises control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of a bus within the state.
    • (b) Bus hijacking is a first degree felony.
  • (2)
    • (a) A person is guilty of assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking if the person intimidates, threatens, or commits assault or battery toward a driver, attendant, guard, or any other person in control of a bus so as to interfere with the performance of duties by the person.
    • (b) Assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking is a second degree felony.
  • (3) A person who, in the commission of assault with intent to commit bus hijacking, uses a dangerous weapon, as defined in Section 76-1-601, is guilty of a first degree felony.


Amended by Chapter 399, 2016 General Session
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