Utah legal term
Law enforcement agency in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Law enforcement agency” 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 “Law enforcement agency” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Law enforcement agency" means: (14)(a) a municipal, county, state institution of higher education, private postsecondary educational institution, or state police force or department; (14)(b) a sheriff's office; or (14)(c) a municipal, county, or state prosecuting authority. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-11a-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Accident involving injury or death
- Unlawful online impersonation
- Unlawfully possessing or using a controlled substance or controlled substance analog
- Destroying, tampering with, or unlawfully interacting with rescue tracking equipment
- Detention or arrest
- Distribution or production of apparent child sexual abuse material
- Escape
- Garage keeper to report damaged vehicle without damage sticker
- Misrepresentation of a call or text communication identification
- Unlawful failure to report a practitioner's diversion of drugs
- Unlawful privacy violation
- Vehicle accidents
Related terms in the same statutes
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