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2017 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 3 - Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Smuggling
Section 308.5 - Human trafficking of a child -- Penalties.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-5-308.5 (2017)
Effective 5/10/2016
76-5-308.5. Human trafficking of a child -- Penalties.
Amended by Chapter 231, 2016 General Session
76-5-308.5. Human trafficking of a child -- Penalties.
- (1) "Commercial sexual activity with a child" means any sexual act with a child, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
- (2) An actor commits human trafficking of a child if the actor recruits, harbors, transports, obtains, patronizes, or solicits a child for sexual exploitation or forced labor.
- (3)
- (a) Human trafficking of a child for forced labor includes labor in industrial facilities, sweatshops, households, agricultural enterprises, or any other workplace.
- (b) Human trafficking of a child for sexual exploitation includes all forms of commercial sexual activity with a child, including sexually explicit performance, prostitution, participation in the production of pornography, performance in a strip club, and exotic dancing or display.
- (4) Human trafficking of a child in violation of this section is a first degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 231, 2016 General Session
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