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Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 36 - Cohabitant Abuse Procedures Act
- Section 1 - Definitions.
- Section 1.1 - Enhancement of offense and penalty for subsequent domestic violence offenses.
- Section 1.2 - Acceptance of a plea of guilty or no contest to domestic violence -- Restrictions.
- Section 2.1 - Duties of law enforcement officers -- Notice to victims.
- Section 2.2 - Powers and duties of law enforcement officers to arrest -- Reports of domestic violence cases -- Reports of parties' marital status.
- Section 2.3 - Law enforcement officer's training.
- Section 2.4 - Violation of a protective order -- Mandatory arrest -- Penalties.
- Section 2.6 - Appearance of defendant required -- Considerations by court.
- Section 2.7 - Dismissal -- Diversion prohibited -- Plea in abeyance -- Pretrial protective order pending trial.
- Section 5 - Sentencing -- Restricting contact with victim -- Electronic monitoring -- Counseling -- Cost assessed against defendant -- Sentencing protective order -- Continuous protective order.
- Section 5.1 - Conditions of probation for individual convicted of domestic violence offense.
- Section 6 - Enforcement of orders.
- Section 7 - Prosecutor to notify victim of decision as to prosecution.
- Section 8 - Peace officers' immunity from liability.
- Section 9 - Separability clause.
- Section 10 - Authority to prosecute class A misdemeanor violations.
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