2017 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Welfare, and Morals
Part 5 - Weapons
Section 512 - Target concessions, shooting ranges, competitions, and hunting excepted from prohibitions.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-10-512 (2017)
Effective 5/13/2014
76-10-512. Target concessions, shooting ranges, competitions, and hunting excepted from prohibitions.
  • (1) The provisions of Section 76-10-509 and Subsection 76-10-509.4(1) regarding possession of handguns by minors do not apply to any of the following:
    • (a) patrons firing at lawfully operated target concessions at amusement parks, piers, and similar locations provided that the firearms to be used are firmly chained or affixed to the counters;
    • (b) any person in attendance at a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course;
    • (c) any person engaging in practice or any other lawful use of a firearm at an established range or any other area where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited by state or local law;
    • (d) any person engaging in an organized competition involving the use of a firearm, or participating in or practicing for such competition;
    • (e) any minor under 18 years of age who is on real property with the permission of the owner, licensee, or lessee of the property and who has the permission of a parent or legal guardian or the owner, licensee, or lessee to possess a firearm not otherwise in violation of law;
    • (f) any resident or nonresident hunters with a valid hunting license or other persons who are lawfully engaged in hunting; or
    • (g) any person traveling to or from any activity described in Subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) with an unloaded firearm in the person's possession.
  • (2) It is not a violation of Subsection 76-10-503(2) or (3) for a restricted person defined in Subsection 76-10-503(1) to own, possess, or have under the person's custody or control, archery equipment, including crossbows, for the purpose of lawful hunting and lawful target shooting.
  • (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the possession of archery equipment, including crossbows, by a restricted person defined in Subsection 76-10-503(1) may be prohibited by:
    • (a) a court, as a condition of pre-trial release or probation; or
    • (b) the Board of Pardons and Parole, as a condition of parole.


Amended by Chapter 428, 2014 General Session
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