Utah legal term
Agency in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Agency” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Agency” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Agency" means a law enforcement agency, the Department of Corrections, a county or district attorney's office, the Office of the Attorney General, the Board of Pardons and Parole, or the judicial branch, including the Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Courts, or a similar administrative unit of the judicial branch. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-309)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Defacement by graffiti defined
- Making a false alarm
- Misuse of intimate image during a criminal action
- Public assistance fraud relating to obtaining or using public assistance
- Terrorism
- Threats against schools
- Unlawful dealing of property by a fiduciary
- Unlawful distribution of a counterfeit intimate image
- Additional rights
- Application for license or endorsement
- Change of address
- Distribution and effect of order of expungement
Related terms in the same statutes
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