Utah legal term
Reasonable person in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Reasonable person” 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 “Reasonable person” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Reasonable person" means a reasonable person in the victim's circumstances. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-106.5)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Accident involving property damage
- Custodial sexual misconduct
- Custodial sexual misconduct with a youth receiving state services
- Disorderly conduct
- Distribution of an intimate image
- Lewdness involving a child
- Unlawful distribution of a counterfeit intimate image
- Criminal trespass on agricultural land or range land
- Custodial solicitation of sexually explicit conduct from a person in custody
- Cutting, destroying, or rendering ineffective fencing of agricultural or range land
- Personal dignity exploitation of a vulnerable adult
- Tampering with or retaliating against a juror
Related terms in the same statutes
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