Marital Violations

Utah Code tit. 76, ch. 76-7, pt. 76-7-P1

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Utah Code § 76-7-101 Bigamy.

76-7-101. Bigamy. (1) An individual is guilty of bigamy if: (a) the individual purports to marry another individual; and (b) knows or reasonably should know that one or both of the individuals described in Subsection (1)(a) are legally married to another individual. (2) An individual who violates Subsection (1) is guilty of an infraction. (3) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual induces bigamy: (a) under fraudulent or false pretenses; or (b) by threat or coercion. (4) An individual is guilty of a second degree felony if the individual: (a) cohabitates with another individual with whom the individual is engaged in bigamy as described in Subsection (1); and (b) in furtherance of the conduct described in Subsection (4)(a), commits a felony offense, or for Section 76-5-418, a misdemeanor offense, in violation of one or more of the following: (i) Section 76-5-109, child abuse; (ii) Section 76-5-109.2, aggravated child abuse; (iii) Section 76-5-109.3, child abandonment; (iv) Section 76-5-109.4, child torture; (v) Section 76-5-111, abuse of a vulnerable adult; (vi) Section 76-5-111.2, aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult; (vii) Section 76-5-111.3, personal dignity exploitation of a vulnerable adult; (viii) Section 76-5-111.4, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult; (ix) Chapter 5, Part 2, Criminal Homicide; (x) Section 76-5-208, child abuse homicide; (xi) Chapter 5, Part 3, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Smuggling; (xii) Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses, other than: (A) Section 76-5-417, enticing a minor; (B) Section 76-5-419, lewdness; or (C) Section 76-5-420, lewdness involving a child; (xiii) Section 76-7-201, criminal nonsupport; (xiv) Title 77, Chapter 36, Cohabitant Abuse Procedures Act; or (xv) Title 78B, Chapter 7, Part 8, Criminal Protective Orders. (5) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (2) that: (a) the individual ceased the practice of bigamy as described in Subsection (1) under reasonable fear of coercion or bodily harm; (b) the individual entered the practice of bigamy, as described in Subsection (1), as a minor and ceased the practice of bigamy at any time after the individual entered the practice of bigamy; or (c) law enforcement discovers that the individual practices bigamy, as described in Subsection (1), as a result of the individual's efforts to protect the safety and welfare of another individual. Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session Amended by Chapter 284, 2025 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-101.5 Child bigamy -- Penalty.

76-7-101.5. Child bigamy -- Penalty. (1) An actor 18 years of age or older is guilty of child bigamy when, knowing he or she has a wife or husband, or knowing that a person under 18 years of age has a wife or husband, the actor carries out the following with the person who is under 18 years of age: (a) purports to marry the person who is under 18 years of age; and (b) cohabitates with the person who is under 18 years of age. (2) A violation of Subsection (1) is a second degree felony. Amended by Chapter 442, 2017 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-102 Incest -- Definitions -- Penalty.

76-7-102. Incest -- Definitions -- Penalty. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Provider" means a person who provides or makes available his seminal fluid or her human egg. (b) "Related person" means a person related to the provider or actor as an ancestor, descendant, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or first cousin, and includes: (i) blood relationships of the whole or half blood, regardless of whether the relationship is legally recognized; (ii) the relationship of parent and child by adoption; and (iii) the relationship of stepparent and stepchild while the marriage creating the relationship of a stepparent and stepchild exists. (2) (a) An actor is guilty of incest when, under circumstances not amounting to rape, rape of a child, or aggravated sexual assault, the actor knowingly and intentionally: (i) engages in conduct under Subsection (2)(b)(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv); or (ii) provides a human egg or seminal fluid under Subsection (2)(b)(v). (b) Conduct referred to under Subsection (2)(a) is: (i) sexual intercourse between the actor and a person the actor knows has kinship to the actor as a related person; (ii) the insertion or placement of the provider's seminal fluid into the vagina, cervix, or uterus of a related person by means other than sexual intercourse; (iii) providing or making available his seminal fluid for the purpose of insertion or placement of the fluid into the vagina, cervix, or uterus of a related person by means other than sexual intercourse; (iv) a woman 18 years of age or older who: (A) knowingly allows the insertion of the seminal fluid of a provider into her vagina, cervix, or uterus by means other than sexual intercourse; and (B) knows that the seminal fluid is that of a person with whom she has kinship as a related person; or (v) providing the actor's sperm or human egg that is used to conduct in vitro fertilization, or any other means of fertilization, with the human egg or sperm of a person who is a related person. (c) This Subsection (2) does not prohibit providing a fertilized human egg if the provider of the fertilizing sperm is not a related person regarding the person providing the egg. (3) Incest is a third degree felony. (4) A provider under this section is not a donor under Section 81-5-702. Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-105 Unlawfully marrying a minor.

76-7-105. Unlawfully marrying a minor. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means an individual who is younger than 18 years old. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits unlawfully marrying a minor if: (a) the actor is 18 years old or older; (b) the actor marries a minor; and (c) the marriage described in Subsection (2)(b) does not meet the requirements described in Section 81-2-304 for the actor to enter into the marriage with the minor. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-106 Parent or guardian unlawfully consenting or allowing an illegal marriage.

76-7-106. Parent or guardian unlawfully consenting or allowing an illegal marriage. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-7-103. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits parent or guardian unlawfully consenting or allowing an illegal marriage if: (a) the actor is a parent or legal guardian of a minor; and (b) the actor knowingly consents or allows the minor described in Subsection (2)(a) to enter into a marriage that does not meet the requirements described in Section 81-2-304. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-107 Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage of a minor.

76-7-107. Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage of a minor. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-7-103. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits unlawfully solemnizing a marriage of a minor if: (a) (i) the actor knowingly, with or without a license, solemnizes the marriage of a minor; and (ii) the marriage described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) does not meet the requirements described in Section 81-2-304 for the minor to enter into the marriage; or (b) without a written authorization from a juvenile court, the actor solemnizes a marriage to which a party is a minor. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-108 Fraudulently acting as a parent or guardian for a minor's marriage.

76-7-108. Fraudulently acting as a parent or guardian for a minor's marriage. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-7-103. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits fraudulently acting as a parent or guardian for a minor's marriage if the actor knowingly: (a) impersonates a parent or legal guardian of a minor to obtain a license for the minor to marry under Section 81-2-304; or (b) forges the name of a parent or legal guardian of a minor on any writing purporting to give consent to a marriage of a minor under Section 81-2-304. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-109 Transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage.

76-7-109. Transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-7-103. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage if: (a) the actor knowingly transports, or causes another person to transport, a minor who is a resident of the state out of the state for the purpose of the minor being married to any individual; (b) the marriage described in Subsection (2)(a) is invalid in this state under Subsection 81-2-407(3); and (c) after the marriage described in Subsection (2)(a), the actor transports, or causes another person to transport, the minor back into the state. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-7-110 Traveling out of state to marry a minor.

76-7-110. Traveling out of state to marry a minor. (1) (a) As used in this section, "minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-7-103. (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits traveling out of state to marry a minor if: (a) the actor is 18 years old or older; (b) the actor is a resident of the state and knowingly travels out of the state for the purpose of marrying a minor; (c) the actor marries a minor; (d) the marriage described in Subsection (2)(c) is invalid in this state under Subsection 81-2-407(3); and (e) after the marriage described in Subsection (2)(c), the actor transports, or causes another person to transport, the minor into the state. (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter 451, 2026 General Session

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