Utah legal term
Value in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Value” 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 “Value” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Value" means: (1)(f)(i) the market value of the property, if totally destroyed, at the time and place of the offense, or where cost of replacement exceeds the market value; or (1)(f)(ii) where the market value cannot be ascertained, the cost of repairing or replacing the property within a reasonable time following the offense. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Antiquities alteration, removal, injury, or destruction
- Arson
- Communications fraud
- Criminal mischief
- Criminal simulation
- Damage to mail receptacle
- Deriving a benefit from a fringe gaming device
- Failure to return library material
- False application for financial transaction card
- False statement to obtain or increase unemployment compensation
- False statement to prevent or reduce unemployment compensation or liability
- Financial transaction card offenses
Related terms in the same statutes
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