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2025 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 13 - Offenses Involving Cruelty to Animals
Part 2 - Cruelty to Animal Offenses
Section 207 - Game fowl fighting.
Universal Citation:
UT Code § 76-13-207 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
76-13-207. Game fowl fighting.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
76-13-207. Game fowl fighting.
- (1)
- (a)As used in this section:
- (i)"Game fowl" means a fowl reared or used for fighting other fowl.
- (ii)"Promote" means to engage in promoting, producing, or staging events or activities that involve game fowl fighting.
- (b)Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5, 76-13-101, and 76-13-201 apply to this section.
- (a)As used in this section:
- (2)An actor commits game fowl fighting if the actor:
- (a)intentionally causes a game fowl to fight with or attack another game fowl for the purpose of entertainment, sport, or contest; or
- (b)promotes any activity that involves game fowl fighting, including promoting an activity that is a violation of Subsection (2)(a).
- (3)A violation of Subsection (2) is:
- (a)a class B misdemeanor for the first violation;
- (b)a class A misdemeanor for the second violation; or
- (c)a third degree felony for a third or subsequent violation.
- (4)This section does not prohibit the lawful use of livestock by the livestock owner, an employee or agent of the livestock owner, or a person in the lawful custody of livestock.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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