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2025 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 2 - Principles of Criminal Responsibility
Part 4 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility
Section 403 - Force in arrest or temporary detention..
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UT Code § 76-2-403 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
76-2-403. Force in arrest or temporary detention..
A person is justified in using any force, except deadly force, which the person reasonably believes to be necessary to effect an arrest or temporary detention or to defend the person's self or another from bodily harm while making an arrest or temporary detention.
Amended by Chapter 199, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
76-2-403. Force in arrest or temporary detention..
A person is justified in using any force, except deadly force, which the person reasonably believes to be necessary to effect an arrest or temporary detention or to defend the person's self or another from bodily harm while making an arrest or temporary detention.
Amended by Chapter 199, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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