Utah legal term
Computer in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Computer” 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 “Computer” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Computer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-6-702. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-12-205)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Communications fraud
- Criminal mischief
- Distribution of an intimate image
- Property damage or destruction
- Stalking
- Unlawful distribution of a counterfeit intimate image
- Unlawful sexual activity with a child using virtual reality
- Unlawful use of technology to defraud
- Damage to or interruption of a communication device
- Failure to report child sexual abuse material by a computer technician
- Misrepresentation of a call or text communication identification
- Sale of an unlawful telecommunication device
Related terms in the same statutes
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