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Utah Code Title 53B. State System of Higher Education § 53B-28-304. Criminal retaliation against a victim or a witness

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

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Bodily injury” means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-1-101.5.

(b) “Damage” means physical damage to an individual's property.

(2) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual inflicts bodily injury or damage:

(a) upon a victim of or a witness to an act of sexual violence alleged in a covered allegation; and

(b) in retaliation for the victim's or the witness's:

(i) report of the covered allegation; or

(ii) involvement in an investigation initiated by the institution in response to the covered allegation.

(3) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual:

(a) communicates an intention to inflict bodily injury:

(i) upon a victim of or a witness to an act of sexual violence alleged in a covered allegation; and

(ii) in retaliation for the victim's or the witness's:

(A) report of the covered allegation; or

(B) involvement in an investigation initiated by the institution in response to the covered allegation; and

(b)(i) intends the communication described in Subsection (3)(a) as a threat against the victim or the witness; or

(ii) knows that the communication described in Subsection (3)(a) will be viewed as a threat against the victim or the witness.

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