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Utah Code Title 23A. Wildlife Resources Act § 23A-5-313. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife--Criminal penalty

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section, “convicted” includes a guilty adjudication, guilty plea, no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance.

(2) A person commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:

(a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311; and

(b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (2)(a) occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311.

(3) A person who commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is guilty of a third degree felony.

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