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Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 13 - Offenses Involving Cruelty to Animals
Part 2 - Cruelty to Animal Offenses
Section 213 - Bestiality.
Universal Citation:
UT Code § 76-13-213 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
76-13-213. Bestiality.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
76-13-213. Bestiality.
- (1)
- (a)For purposes of this section:
- (i)"Animal" means any live, nonhuman vertebrate creature, including fowl.
- (ii)"Sexual activity" means physical sexual contact:
- (A)between the actor and the animal involving the genitals of the actor and the genitals of the animal;
- (B)the genitals of the actor or the animal and the mouth or anus of the actor or the animal; or
- (C)through the actor's use of an object in contact with the genitals or anus of the animal.
- (b)Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5, 76-13-101, and 76-13-201 apply to this section.
- (a)For purposes of this section:
- (2)An actor commits bestiality if the actor engages in sexual activity with an animal with the intent to sexually gratify the actor.
- (3)A violation of Subsection (2) is a class B misdemeanor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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