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Utah Code Title 53. Public Safety Code § 53-5c-102. Definitions

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

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201.

(2) “Cohabitant” means an individual who:

(a) is 18 years old or older;

(b) resides in the same home with another individual; and

(c)(i) is living as if a spouse of the individual;

(ii) is related by blood or marriage to the individual;

(iii) has one or more children in common with the individual; or

(iv) has an interest in the safety and well-being of the individual.

(3) “Domestic violence” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1.

(4) “Firearm” means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barrel shotgun, rifle or short barrel rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a projectile by action of an explosive.

(5) “Health care provider” means a person:

(a) who provides health care or professional services related to health care; and

(b) is acting within the scope of the person's license, certification, practice, education, or training.

(6) “Illegal firearm” means a firearm the ownership or possession of which is prohibited under state or federal law.

(7) “Jail release agreement” means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-7-801.

(8) “Jail release court order” means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-7-801.

(9) “Law enforcement agency” means a municipal or county police agency or an officer of that agency.

(10) “Owner cohabitant” means a cohabitant who:

(a) is 18 years old or older; and

(b) owns a firearm.

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