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2025 Utah Code
Title 53 - Public Safety Code
Chapter 13 - Peace Officer Classifications
Section 106.1 - State and local law enforcement officers and federal employees -- Definitions.
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UT Code § 53-13-106.1 (2025)
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Effective 3/24/2020
53-13-106.1. State and local law enforcement officers and federal employees -- Definitions.
As used in this section and in Sections 53-13-106.2 through 53-13-106.10:
Amended by Chapter 153, 2020 General Session
53-13-106.1. State and local law enforcement officers and federal employees -- Definitions.
As used in this section and in Sections 53-13-106.2 through 53-13-106.10:
- (1) "Exercise law enforcement authority" and "exercise of law enforcement authority" means:
- (a) to take any action on private land, state-owned land, or federally managed land, to investigate, stop, serve process, search, arrest, cite, book, or incarcerate a person for a federal, state, or local criminal violation when the action is based on:
- (i) a federal statute, regulation, or rule;
- (ii) a state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or rule; or
- (iii) a state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or rule that is being enforced by a federal agency pursuant to the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 13; or
- (b) to gain access to or use the correctional or communication facilities and equipment of any state or local law enforcement agency.
- (a) to take any action on private land, state-owned land, or federally managed land, to investigate, stop, serve process, search, arrest, cite, book, or incarcerate a person for a federal, state, or local criminal violation when the action is based on:
- (2) "Federal agency" means a federal agency that manages federally managed land or regulates activities on that land, including:
- (a) the United States Bureau of Land Management;
- (b) the United States Forest Service;
- (c) the National Park Service;
- (d) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
- (e) the United States Bureau of Reclamation;
- (f) the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
- (g) the United States Army Corps of Engineers; and
- (h) the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- (3) "Federal employee" means an employee or other agent of a federal agency, but does not include:
- (a) a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
- (b) a special agent of the United States Secret Service;
- (c) a special agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security, unless the employee is a customs inspector or detention removal officer;
- (d) a special agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
- (e) a special agent of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration;
- (f) a United States marshal, deputy marshal, or special deputy United States marshal;
- (g) a United States postal inspector of the United States Postal Inspection Service; or
- (h) a police officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- (4) "Federally managed land" means land managed by the following federal agencies:
- (a) the United States Bureau of Land Management;
- (b) the United States Forest Service;
- (c) the National Park Service;
- (d) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
- (e) the United States Bureau of Reclamation; and
- (f) the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- (5) "Proprietary jurisdiction federally managed land" means all federally managed land as defined in this section except:
- (a) buildings, installations, and other structures under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States pursuant to the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17; and
- (b) parcels that constitute federal enclaves subject to the concurrent jurisdiction of the United States and the state of Utah.
Amended by Chapter 153, 2020 General Session
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