Utah legal term
Parole in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Parole” 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 “Parole” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Parole" means a release from imprisonment on prescribed conditions which, if satisfactorily performed by the parolee, enables the parolee to obtain a termination of the parolee's sentence. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-27-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- 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
- Escape
- Interlock restricted driver
- Notification to victims
- Obstructing service of a Board of Pardons and Parole warrant or a probationer order to show cause
- Parole proceedings
- Possession, sale, or use of an adulterant or synthetic urine
- Providing false or misleading information
- Registration of offenders
- Removal from the Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry
- Right to bail
- Subsequent prosecution not barred
Related terms in the same statutes
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