Utah legal term
Sodomy in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Sodomy” 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 “Sodomy” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Sodomy" means engaging in any sexual act with an individual who is 14 years old or older involving the genitals of one individual and the mouth or anus of another individual. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-403)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated murder
- Crimes for which probation, suspension of sentence, lower category of offense, or hospitalization may not be granted
- Custodial sexual misconduct with a youth receiving state services
- Lewdness
- Lewdness involving a child
- Unlawful adolescent sexual activity
- Unlawful sexual activity with a minor
- Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old
- Aggravated human smuggling
- Engaging in prostitution
- Indecent public display in the presence of a minor
- Sexual abuse of a minor
Related terms in the same statutes
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