Utah legal term
Intimidate in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Intimidate” 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 “Intimidate” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Intimidate" means the use of force, duress, violence, coercion, menace, or threat of harm for the purpose of causing an individual to act or refrain from acting. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-802)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated murder
- Assault against a child welfare worker or a family member of a child welfare worker
- Enhancement of an offense for road rage
- Terrorism
- Threats against schools
- Unlawful online impersonation
- Aggravated assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Attempted murder with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Electronic communication harassment
- Penalty for hate crimes
- Threat of violence against a child welfare worker or a family member of a child welfare worker
Related terms in the same statutes
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