Utah legal term
Funds in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Funds” 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 “Funds” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Funds" means any money, supply, material, building, or project provided by this state or its political subdivisions. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-321)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Distributing obscene animal abuse material
- Distributing pornographic material
- Fraudulently misappropriating public assistance funds
- Public assistance fraud by a provider
- Public assistance fraud by an applicant for public assistance
- Transporting or harboring an alien
- Accepting the proceeds of unlawful activity
- Embezzlement, abstraction, or misapplication of corporate or association funds
- Inducing acceptance of pornographic material or obscene animal abuse material
- Money laundering
- Obtaining encoded information on a financial transaction card with the intent to defraud the issuer, holder, or merchant
- Unlawful use of a person's name for soliciting contributions
Related terms in the same statutes
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