2025 Utah Code
Title 9 - Cultural and Community Engagement
Chapter 9 - Utah Division of Indian Affairs Act
Part 4 - Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act
Section 404 - Illegal trafficking.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 9-9-404 (2025)
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9-9-404. Illegal trafficking.
  • (1) Any person who knowingly sells, purchases, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit the remains of a Native American without the right of possession to those remains as provided in this part is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In the case of a second or subsequent violation the person is guilty of a third degree felony.
  • (2) Any person who knowingly sells, purchases, exchanges, receives, uses for profit, or transports for sale or profit any Native American remains obtained in violation of this part is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In the case of a second or subsequent violation the person is guilty of a third degree felony.


Enacted by Chapter 286, 1992 General Session
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