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Title 23 - Wildlife Resources Code of Utah
Chapter 20 - Enforcement - Violations and Penalties
Section 4.7 - Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony.
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UT Code § 23-20-4.7 (2019)
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23-20-4.7. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 52, 2010 General Session
- (1) A person is guilty of habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:
- (a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4; and
- (b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (1)(a) occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4.
- (2) "Convicted," for purposes of this section, includes a guilty adjudication, guilty plea, no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance.
- (3) Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is a third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 52, 2010 General Session
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