Utah Code Ann. § 23A-5-313 – Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Criminal penalty. | Midpage
§ 23A-5-313
Utah Code Ann. § 23A-5-313
Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Criminal penalty.
Effective Jul 1, 2023Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session
(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.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session