Utah legal term
Separate offense in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Separate offense” 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 “Separate offense” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Separate offense" means any offense that is not a qualifying offense. (Utah Code Ann. § 80-6-501)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Accident involving injury or death
- Distributing obscene animal abuse material
- Distributing pornographic material
- Distribution of a pornographic film for exhibition
- Negligently operating a vehicle resulting in injury
- Refusing a chemical test
- Sexual extortion
- Surreptitious administration of certain substances
- Aggravated human smuggling
- Aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor
- Burglary
- Distributing a film without being qualified
Related terms in the same statutes
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