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2019 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 4 - Sexual Offenses
Section 401.2 - Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-5-401.2 (2019)
Effective 5/8/2018
76-5-401.2. Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old.
Amended by Chapter 192, 2018 General Session
Amended by Chapter 394, 2018 General Session
76-5-401.2. Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old.
- (1) As used in this section, "minor" means an individual who is 16 years of age or older, but younger than 18 years of age, at the time the sexual conduct described in Subsection (2) occurred.
- (2)
- (a) An individual commits unlawful sexual conduct with a minor if, under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed under Subsection (3), an individual who is:
- (i) seven or more years older but less than 10 years older than the minor at the time of the sexual conduct engages in any conduct listed in Subsection (2)(b), and the individual knew or reasonably should have known the age of the minor; or
- (ii) 10 or more years older than the minor at the time of the sexual conduct and engages in any conduct listed in Subsection (2)(b).
- (b) As used in Subsection (2)(a), "sexual conduct" refers to when the individual:
- (i) has sexual intercourse with the minor;
- (ii) engages in any sexual act with the minor involving the genitals of one individual and the mouth or anus of another individual, regardless of the sex of either participant;
- (iii) causes the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of the minor by any foreign object, substance, instrument, or device, including a part of the human body, with the intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any individual or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any individual, regardless of the sex of any participant; or
- (iv) touches the anus, buttocks, pubic area, or any part of the genitals of the minor, or touches the breast of a female minor, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with the minor, with the intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any individual or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any individual regardless of the sex of any participant.
- (a) An individual commits unlawful sexual conduct with a minor if, under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed under Subsection (3), an individual who is:
- (3) The offenses referred to in Subsection (2) are:
- (a)
- (i) rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402;
- (ii) object rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402.2;
- (iii) forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 76-5-403;
- (iv) forcible sexual abuse, in violation of Section 76-5-404; or
- (v) aggravated sexual assault, in violation of Section 76-5-405; or
- (b) an attempt to commit any offense under Subsection (3)(a).
- (a)
- (4) A violation of Subsection (2)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) is a third degree felony.
- (5) A violation of Subsection (2)(b)(iv) is a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 192, 2018 General Session
Amended by Chapter 394, 2018 General Session
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