Utah legal term
Receives in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Receives” 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 “Receives” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Receives" means acquiring possession, control, title, or lending on the security of the property. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-408)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aiding prostitution
- Failure to report a financial transaction of more than $10,000
- Mail theft
- Mortgage fraud
- Public assistance fraud by a provider
- Acceptance of deposit by insolvent financial institution
- Accepting the proceeds of unlawful activity
- Child abandonment
- Conducting a pyramid scheme
- Criminal trespass upon an institution of higher education
- Distribution and effect of order of expungement
- Failure to keep and pay over public money
Related terms in the same statutes
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