Utah legal term
Lease in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Lease” 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 “Lease” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Lease" means any grant of use or possession of a vehicle for consideration, with or without an option to buy. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-522)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Theft by custodian of property pursuant to repair or rental agreement
- Criminal trespass by long-term guest to a residence
- Fee owner or intermediate lessor allowing real property to be used for illicit pornographic purposes
- Fraudulent advertisement, sale, lease, or mortgaging of real property
- Human smuggling
- Obstruction of the leasing of real property for natural resource or agricultural production
- Tampering with an ignition interlock system
- Tenant or occupant failing to exit real property after using the property for obscene animal abuse material or pornographic purposes
Related terms in the same statutes
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