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2019 Utah Code
Title 20A - Election Code
Chapter 17 - Political Campaign Signs
Section 102 - Campaign signs.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 20A-17-102 (2019)
Effective 5/13/2014
20A-17-102. Campaign signs.
Enacted by Chapter 238, 2014 General Session
20A-17-102. Campaign signs.
- (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person knowingly removes, alters, defaces, or otherwise vandalizes a sign:
- (a) advocating the election or defeat of a candidate for public office; or
- (b) advocating the approval or defeat of a ballot proposition.
- (2) A person is not guilty of a violation of Subsection (1) if the person who engages in the conduct described in Subsection (1) is:
- (a) as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(a), the candidate or an agent of the candidate;
- (b) as it relates to a sign described in Subsection (1)(b), the person who placed the sign, the person who directed the placement of the sign, or an agent of either;
- (c) a property owner of property on which the sign is placed or the property owner's agent; or
- (d) a public official who removes the sign in accordance with an official duty of the public official.
Enacted by Chapter 238, 2014 General Session
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