Utah legal term
Assault in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Assault” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Assault” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Assault" means an offense under Section 76-5-102. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-102.10)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Crimes for which probation, suspension of sentence, lower category of offense, or hospitalization may not be granted
- Unlawful adolescent sexual activity
- Unlawful sexual activity with a minor
- Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old
- Aggravated assault
- Aggravated assault by prisoner
- Aggravated assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Aggravated commercial obstruction
- Aggravated human smuggling
- Assault
- Assault by prisoner
- Assault with intent to commit bus hijacking
Related terms in the same statutes
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