Utah legal term
Substance in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Substance” 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 “Substance” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Substance" means a controlled substance, poisonous substance, or deleterious substance. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-113)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Causing a catastrophe
- Negligently operating a vehicle resulting in injury
- Prohibited substance in correctional or mental health facility
- Prohibition of "hazing"
- Theft of motor vehicle fuel
- Unlawful adolescent sexual activity
- Unlawful sexual activity with a minor
- Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old
- Abuse of nitrous oxide
- Abuse of psychotoxic chemical solvent
- Abuse or desecration of a dead human body
- Aggravated cruelty to an animal
Related terms in the same statutes
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