Utah Code Ann. § 53-5a-101.5
Definitions.
Effective May 7, 2025Enacted by Chapter 208, 2025 General Session
- (1) "Ammunition" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5d-102.
(2)
(a) "Antique firearm" means:
- (i) a firearm, including a firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898;
(ii) a firearm that is a replica of a firearm described in this Subsection (2)(a), if the replica:
- (A) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or
- (B) uses rimfire or centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
(iii) a firearm that:
- (A) is a muzzle loading rifle, shotgun, or pistol; and
- (B) is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and cannot use fixed ammunition.
(b) "Antique firearm" does not include:
- (i) a weapon that incorporates a firearm frame or receiver;
- (ii) a firearm that is converted into a muzzle loading weapon; or
(iii) a muzzle loading weapon that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the:
- (A) barrel;
- (B) bolt;
- (C) breechblock; or
- (D) any combination of Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), (B), or (C).
- (3) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201 within the department.
(4)
(a) "Concealed firearm" means a firearm that is:
- (i) covered, hidden, or secreted in a manner that the public would not be aware of the firearm's presence; and
- (ii) readily accessible for immediate use.
- (b) "Concealed firearm" does not include a firearm that is unloaded and securely encased.
- (5) "Court commissioner" means an individual appointed under Section 78A-5-107.
- (6) "Dangerous weapon" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-11-101.
- (7) "Directive" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-2301.
- (8) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barreled shotgun, rifle or short barreled rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a projectile by action of an explosive.
- (9) "Firearm accessory" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-401.
- (10) "Handgun" means a pistol, revolver, or other firearm of any description, from which a shot, bullet, or other missile can be discharged, the length of which, not including any revolving, detachable, or magazine breech, does not exceed 12 inches.
- (11) "Judge" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-311.
- (12) "Law enforcement official" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-311.
- (13) "Local or state governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-2301.
- (14) "Readily accessible for immediate use" means that a firearm or other dangerous weapon is carried on the person or within such close proximity and in such a manner that the weapon can be retrieved and used as readily as if carried on the person.
- (15) "Securely encased firearm" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-11-201.
- (16) "Short barreled rifle" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-601.
- (17) "Short barreled shotgun" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-601.
- (18) "Shotgun" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-601.
- (19) "Slug" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-601.
Enacted by Chapter 208, 2025 General Session