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Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-8-603. Criminal trespass upon school property--Penalty

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

(1) A person is guilty of criminal trespass upon school property if the person does the following:

(a) enters or remains unlawfully upon school property, and:

(i) intends to cause annoyance or injury to a person or damage to property on the school property;

(ii) intends to commit a crime; or

(iii) is reckless as to whether the person's presence will cause fear for the safety of another; or

(b) enters or remains without authorization upon school property if notice against entry or remaining has been given by:

(i) personal communication to the person by a school official or an individual with apparent authority to act for a school official;

(ii) the posting of signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of trespassers;

(iii) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude trespassers; or

(iv) a current order of suspension or expulsion.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Enter” means intrusion of the entire body.

(b) “School official” means a public or private school administrator or person in charge of a school program or activity.

(c) “School property” means real property owned or occupied by a public or private school, including real property temporarily occupied for a school activity or program.

(3) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

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