Utah legal term
Intellectually disabled in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Intellectually disabled” 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 “Intellectually disabled” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Intellectually disabled" means: (1)(a) significant subaverage general intellectual functioning that exists concurrently with significant deficiencies in adaptive functioning; and (1)(b) the subaverage general intellectual functioning and the significant deficiencies in adaptive functioning described in Subsection (1)(a) are both manifested before the individual is 22 years old. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-15a-101.1)
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