yourstate.us
Home / Utah / Judicial Code
Utah Code § 78B-6-605

Penalties for wrongful acts of defendant

Utah · Utah Code Title 78B — Judicial Code · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
Utah Code § 78B-6-605, Penalties for wrongful acts of defendant, Utah, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2355679
Permanent ID
ys:prov:2355679@1
SHA-256
efd7271e04414720832956120d38431a0a766a7a97b4356ec38dad839f0ef51b

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

(1) A defendant, officer, or other person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and liable to the injured party in an amount not to exceed $5,000 if: (a) the defendant attempts to evade the service of the writ of habeas corpus; or (b) an officer or other person willfully fails to comply with the legal duties imposed upon him or disobeys an order to release a person in custody. (2) Any person knowingly aiding in or abetting invalidation of this section is subject to the same punishment and forfeiture.