Utah legal term
Subject in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Subject” 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 “Subject” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Subject" means a person whose conduct is within the scope of the grand jury's investigation, and that conduct exposes the person to possible criminal prosecution. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-10a-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Custodial sexual misconduct
- Custodial sexual misconduct with a youth receiving state services
- Damage to mail receptacle
- Deactivation of a pornography device filter on a minor's device
- Defrauding of creditors
- Distributing obscene animal abuse material
- Distributing pornographic material
- Distribution of a pornographic film for exhibition
- Enhanced penalty for offenses committed in or for a certain group
- Enhancement of an offense for road rage
- False statement to prevent or reduce unemployment compensation or liability
- Fraudulently misappropriating public assistance funds
Related terms in the same statutes
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