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2024 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 6 - Offenses Against Property
Part 7 - Utah Computer Crimes Act
Section 703.5 - Interference or interruption of critical infrastructure.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 76-6-703.5 (2024)
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Effective 5/3/2023
76-6-703.5. Interference or interruption of critical infrastructure.
  • (1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-6-702 apply to this section.
  • (2) An actor commits interference or interruption of critical infrastructure if the actor intentionally or knowingly, and without lawful authorization, interferes with or interrupts critical infrastructure.
  • (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.
  • (4)
    • (a) In accordance with 47 U.S.C. Sec. 230, this section may not apply to, and nothing in this section may be construed to impose liability or culpability on, an interactive computer service for content provided by another person.
    • (b) This section does not affect, limit, or apply to any activity or conduct that is protected by the constitution or laws of this state, or by the constitution or laws of the United States.
  • (5)
    • (a) An interactive computer service is not guilty of violating this section if a person violates this section using the interactive computer service and the interactive computer service did not knowingly assist the person to commit the violation.
    • (b) A service provider is not guilty of violating this section for:
      • (i) action taken in relation to a customer of the service provider, for a legitimate business purpose, to install software on, monitor, or interact with the customer's Internet or other network connection, service, or computer for network or computer security purposes, authentication, diagnostics, technical support, maintenance, repair, network management, updates of computer software or system firmware, or remote system management; or
      • (ii) action taken, including scanning and removing computer software, to detect or prevent the following:
        • (A) unauthorized or fraudulent use of a network, service, or computer software;
        • (B) illegal activity; or
        • (C) infringement of intellectual property rights.


Enacted by Chapter 111, 2023 General Session
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