{ "batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_anchor_t76_chapte", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code Title 76: Chapter 12 Offenses Related to Privacy, Information, and Communication (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 76 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 12 holds voyeurism and the privacy offences.", "body": "The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 76 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 12 holds voyeurism and the privacy offences.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 12 Offenses Related to Privacy, Information, and Communication”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own code site, le.utah.gov (state domain), Title 76 index page.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/C76_2026050620260701.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 12 Offenses Related to Privacy, Information, and Communication", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code Title 76", "topic": "Chapter 12 Offenses Related to Privacy, Information, and Communication (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_anchor_t77_chapte", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code Title 77: Chapter 23a Interception of Communications Act (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 77 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 23a is the wiretap and recording statute.", "body": "The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 77 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 23a is the wiretap and recording statute.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 23a Interception of Communications Act”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own code site, le.utah.gov (state domain), Title 77 index page.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/C77_2026050620260701.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 23a Interception of Communications Act", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code Title 77", "topic": "Chapter 23a Interception of Communications Act (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_oneparty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 77-23a-4: One-party consent for audio recording", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 77-23a-4(7)(b): a person not acting under color of law may intercept a communication if that person is a party to it or one of the parties has given prior consent, unless it is intercepted to commit a criminal or tortious act. Utah is a one-party-consent state for audio.", "body": "Utah Code 77-23a-4(7)(b): a person not acting under color of law may intercept a communication if that person is a party to it or one of the parties has given prior consent, unless it is intercepted to commit a criminal or tortious act. Utah is a one-party-consent state for audio.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“A person not acting under color of law may intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication if that person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception, unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of state or federal laws.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter23a/C77-23a-S4_1800010118000101.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "A person not acting under color of law may intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication if that person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception, unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of state or federal laws.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 77-23a-4", "topic": "One-party consent for audio recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_interception_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 77-23a-4: Interception: third degree felony", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 77-23a-4(10)(a): a violation of the interception offence is a third degree felony (with lesser classes for certain unscrambled radio communications).", "body": "Utah Code 77-23a-4(10)(a): a violation of the interception offence is a third degree felony (with lesser classes for certain unscrambled radio communications).\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“Except under Subsection (10)(b) or (11) , a violation of Subsection (1) is a third degree felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter23a/C77-23a-S4_1800010118000101.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "Except under Subsection (10)(b) or (11) , a violation of Subsection (1) is a third degree felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 77-23a-4", "topic": "Interception: third degree felony", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_voyeurism", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-306: Voyeurism (viewing)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-306(2): voyeurism is viewing or attempting to view an individual, with or without an instrumentality, with intent to view a body portion with a reasonable expectation of privacy, without knowledge or consent, under circumstances of a reasonable expectation of privacy; a class B misdemeanor.", "body": "Utah Code 76-12-306(2): voyeurism is viewing or attempting to view an individual, with or without an instrumentality, with intent to view a body portion with a reasonable expectation of privacy, without knowledge or consent, under circumstances of a reasonable expectation of privacy; a class B misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits voyeurism if: (a) the actor views, or attempts to view, an individual, with or without the use of an instrumentality: (i) with the intent of viewing any portion of the individual's body regarding which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether or not that portion of the body is covered with clothing; (ii) without the knowledge or consent of the individual; and (iii) under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (b) the actor's conduct described in Subsection (2)(a) does not amount to a violation of Section 76-12-307 , Recorded or photographed voyeurism.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter12/C76-12-S306_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits voyeurism if: (a) the actor views, or attempts to view, an individual, with or without the use of an instrumentality: (i) with the intent of viewing any portion of the individual's body regarding which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether or not that portion of the body is covered with clothing; (ii) without the knowledge or consent of the individual; and (iii) under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (b) the actor's conduct described in Subsection (2)(a) does not amount to a violation of Section 76-12-307 , Recorded or photographed voyeurism.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-12-306", "topic": "Voyeurism (viewing)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_rec_voyeurism", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-307: Recorded or photographed voyeurism", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-307(2): intentionally using technology to secretly or surreptitiously record an individual by video, photograph or other means, for the purpose of viewing a private body portion, without knowledge or consent and under circumstances of a reasonable expectation of privacy, is a class A misdemeanor.", "body": "Utah Code 76-12-307(2): intentionally using technology to secretly or surreptitiously record an individual by video, photograph or other means, for the purpose of viewing a private body portion, without knowledge or consent and under circumstances of a reasonable expectation of privacy, is a class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits recorded or photographed voyeurism if the actor intentionally uses any type of technology to secretly or surreptitiously record, by video, photograph, or other means, an individual: (a) for the purpose of viewing any portion of the individual's body regarding which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether or not that portion of the body is covered with clothing; (b) without the knowledge or consent of the individual; and (c) under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.”\n\nNote: Consent of the person recorded takes the conduct outside the section: the elements require 'without the knowledge or consent'.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter12/C76-12-S307_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits recorded or photographed voyeurism if the actor intentionally uses any type of technology to secretly or surreptitiously record, by video, photograph, or other means, an individual: (a) for the purpose of viewing any portion of the individual's body regarding which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether or not that portion of the body is covered with clothing; (b) without the knowledge or consent of the individual; and (c) under circumstances in which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-12-307", "topic": "Recorded or photographed voyeurism", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_voy_dist", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-308: Distribution of images obtained through voyeurism", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-12-308(2)-(3): distributing or selling an image obtained in violation of 76-12-307 is a third degree felony, a second degree felony if the image is of a child under 14.", "body": "Utah Code 76-12-308(2)-(3): distributing or selling an image obtained in violation of 76-12-307 is a third degree felony, a second degree felony if the image is of a child under 14.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits distribution of images obtained through voyeurism if the actor distributes or sells an image obtained by conduct in violation of Section 76-12-307 , Recorded or photographed voyeurism, by transmission, display, or dissemination.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter12/C76-12-S308_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits distribution of images obtained through voyeurism if the actor distributes or sells an image obtained by conduct in violation of Section 76-12-307 , Recorded or photographed voyeurism, by transmission, display, or dissemination.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-12-308", "topic": "Distribution of images obtained through voyeurism", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_intimate", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5b-203: Distribution of an intimate image (non-consensual)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5b-203(2)(a): distributing, duplicating or copying an intimate image of an individual 18 or older without consent, where the image was created or provided under a reasonable expectation of privacy and actual emotional distress results, is the offence; it is a class A misdemeanor, a third degree felony on a second conviction not from one episode.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5b-203(2)(a): distributing, duplicating or copying an intimate image of an individual 18 or older without consent, where the image was created or provided under a reasonable expectation of privacy and actual emotional distress results, is the offence; it is a class A misdemeanor, a third degree felony on a second conviction not from one episode.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“the actor has not received consent from the individual depicted in the image to distribute the intimate image; (iii) the intimate image was created by or provided to the actor under circumstances in which the individual depicted in the image has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (iv) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) , actual emotional distress or harm is caused to the individual depicted in the image as a result of the distribution.”\n\nNote: Subsection (4)(c) excludes 'an intimate image that is portrayed in a lawful commercial setting' and (4)(b) one the person 'voluntarily allows public exposure of'.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5b/C76-5b-S203_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "the actor has not received consent from the individual depicted in the image to distribute the intimate image; (iii) the intimate image was created by or provided to the actor under circumstances in which the individual depicted in the image has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (iv) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) , actual emotional distress or harm is caused to the individual depicted in the image as a result of the distribution.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5b-203", "topic": "Distribution of an intimate image (non-consensual)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_intimate_exempt", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5b-203: Intimate image: lawful commercial setting exception", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5b-203(4)(b)-(c): the offence does not apply to an intimate image the portrayed individual voluntarily allows public exposure of, or one portrayed in a lawful commercial setting.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5b-203(4)(b)-(c): the offence does not apply to an intimate image the portrayed individual voluntarily allows public exposure of, or one portrayed in a lawful commercial setting.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“an intimate image if the individual portrayed in the image voluntarily allows public exposure of the image; (c) an intimate image that is portrayed in a lawful commercial setting;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5b/C76-5b-S203_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "an intimate image if the individual portrayed in the image voluntarily allows public exposure of the image; (c) an intimate image that is portrayed in a lawful commercial setting;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5b-203", "topic": "Intimate image: lawful commercial setting exception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_def_porn", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-101: Definition of pornographic (obscenity test)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-101(16): material or a performance is pornographic if the average individual, applying contemporary community standards, finds that taken as a whole it appeals to prurient interest in sex, it is patently offensive in its description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse or excretion, and taken as a whole it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5c-101(16): material or a performance is pornographic if the average individual, applying contemporary community standards, finds that taken as a whole it appeals to prurient interest in sex, it is patently offensive in its description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse or excretion, and taken as a whole it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“\"Pornographic\" means: (a) the average individual, applying contemporary community standards, finds that, taken as a whole, the material or performance appeals to prurient interest in sex; (b) the material or performance is patently offensive in the description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, or excretion; and (c) taken as a whole the material or performance does not have serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5C/C76-5c-S101_2026050620260506.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "\"Pornographic\" means: (a) the average individual, applying contemporary community standards, finds that, taken as a whole, the material or performance appeals to prurient interest in sex; (b) the material or performance is patently offensive in the description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, or excretion; and (c) taken as a whole the material or performance does not have serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5c-101", "topic": "Definition of pornographic (obscenity test)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s202", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-202: Distributing pornographic material", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-202(2): knowingly distributing or offering to distribute pornographic material, sending it into the state with intent to distribute, creating it or soliciting its publication or advertising, or presenting or directing a pornographic performance in a public place, is distributing pornographic material.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5c-202(2): knowingly distributing or offering to distribute pornographic material, sending it into the state with intent to distribute, creating it or soliciting its publication or advertising, or presenting or directing a pornographic performance in a public place, is distributing pornographic material.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits distributing pornographic material if the actor knowingly: (a) sends or brings pornographic material into the state with intent to distribute or exhibit the pornographic material to another individual; (b) prepares, publishes, prints, or possesses pornographic material with intent to distribute or exhibit the pornographic material to another individual; (c) distributes or offers to distribute, or exhibits or offers to exhibit, pornographic material to another individual; (d) writes, creates, or solicits the publication or advertising of pornographic material; (e) promotes the distribution or exhibition of material the actor represents to be pornographic; or (f) presents or directs a pornographic performance in a public place or a place exposed to public view or participates in that portion of the performance which makes the performance pornographic.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5C/C76-5c-S202_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits distributing pornographic material if the actor knowingly: (a) sends or brings pornographic material into the state with intent to distribute or exhibit the pornographic material to another individual; (b) prepares, publishes, prints, or possesses pornographic material with intent to distribute or exhibit the pornographic material to another individual; (c) distributes or offers to distribute, or exhibits or offers to exhibit, pornographic material to another individual; (d) writes, creates, or solicits the publication or advertising of pornographic material; (e) promotes the distribution or exhibition of material the actor represents to be pornographic; or (f) presents or directs a pornographic performance in a public place or a place exposed to public view or participates in that portion of the performance which makes the performance pornographic.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5c-202", "topic": "Distributing pornographic material", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s202_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-202: Distributing pornographic material: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-202(3)(a): for an actor 18 or older, distributing pornographic material is a third degree felony with a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000 plus $10 for each article exhibited, and incarceration of not less than 30 days.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5c-202(3)(a): for an actor 18 or older, distributing pornographic material is a third degree felony with a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000 plus $10 for each article exhibited, and incarceration of not less than 30 days.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“a violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony if the actor is 18 years old or older and is subject to: (i) a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000, plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the maximum allowed by law; and (ii) incarceration, without suspension of sentence in any way, for a term of not less than 30 days.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5C/C76-5c-S202_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "a violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony if the actor is 18 years old or older and is subject to: (i) a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000, plus $10 for each article exhibited up to the maximum allowed by law; and (ii) incarceration, without suspension of sentence in any way, for a term of not less than 30 days.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5c-202", "topic": "Distributing pornographic material: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s205", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-205: Distributing material harmful to minors", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-205(2): intentionally distributing or exhibiting material harmful to minors to an individual, while knowing or believing the individual is a minor or negligently failing to determine age, is the offence.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5c-205(2): intentionally distributing or exhibiting material harmful to minors to an individual, while knowing or believing the individual is a minor or negligently failing to determine age, is the offence.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits distributing material harmful to minors if the actor: (a) (i) intentionally distributes or offers to distribute, or exhibits or offers to exhibit, material harmful to minors to an individual; (ii) intentionally produces, performs, or directs any performance, before an individual that is harmful to minors; or (iii) intentionally participates in a performance before an individual that is harmful to minors; and (b) (i) knows or believes the individual described in Subsection (2)(a) is a minor; or (ii) negligently fails to determine if the individual described in Subsection (2)(a) is a minor and the individual is a minor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5C/C76-5c-S205_2026050620260506.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits distributing material harmful to minors if the actor: (a) (i) intentionally distributes or offers to distribute, or exhibits or offers to exhibit, material harmful to minors to an individual; (ii) intentionally produces, performs, or directs any performance, before an individual that is harmful to minors; or (iii) intentionally participates in a performance before an individual that is harmful to minors; and (b) (i) knows or believes the individual described in Subsection (2)(a) is a minor; or (ii) negligently fails to determine if the individual described in Subsection (2)(a) is a minor and the individual is a minor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5c-205", "topic": "Distributing material harmful to minors", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s419", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5-419: Lewdness (public place)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5-419(2): an actor commits lewdness by sexual intercourse or sodomy, exposure of genitals, female breast below the areola, buttocks, anus or pubic area, masturbation, or other lewd act, in a public place or under circumstances that will likely cause affront or alarm to someone 14 or older; a class B misdemeanor.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5-419(2): an actor commits lewdness by sexual intercourse or sodomy, exposure of genitals, female breast below the areola, buttocks, anus or pubic area, masturbation, or other lewd act, in a public place or under circumstances that will likely cause affront or alarm to someone 14 or older; a class B misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“an actor commits lewdness if: (a) the actor performs: (i) an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy; (ii) an act exposing the actor's: (A) genitals; (B) female breast below the top of the areola if the actor is female; (C) buttocks, anus, or pubic area; (iii) masturbates; or (iv) any other act of lewdness;”\n\nNote: A private shoot is outside 'public place' unless it is in view of the public or likely to cause affront or alarm to another person.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5/C76-5-S419_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "an actor commits lewdness if: (a) the actor performs: (i) an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy; (ii) an act exposing the actor's: (A) genitals; (B) female breast below the top of the areola if the actor is female; (C) buttocks, anus, or pubic area; (iii) masturbates; or (iv) any other act of lewdness;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5-419", "topic": "Lewdness (public place)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s421", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5-421: Indecent exposure of another individual", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5-421(2): exposing, in a public place and without the individual's consent, another individual's undergarments, genitals, female breast below the areola, buttocks, anus or pubic area is indecent exposure of another individual.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5-421(2): exposing, in a public place and without the individual's consent, another individual's undergarments, genitals, female breast below the areola, buttocks, anus or pubic area is indecent exposure of another individual.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“An actor commits indecent exposure of another individual if the actor exposes in a public place, without the individual's consent, the individual's:”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5/C76-5-S421_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "An actor commits indecent exposure of another individual if the actor exposes in a public place, without the individual's consent, the individual's:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5-421", "topic": "Indecent exposure of another individual", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_public_place", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-101: Public place includes pay-to-enter private clubs", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 76-5c-101(17): public place includes a place to which admission is gained by payment of a membership or admission fee, however designated, notwithstanding its being designated a private club.", "body": "Utah Code 76-5c-101(17): public place includes a place to which admission is gained by payment of a membership or admission fee, however designated, notwithstanding its being designated a private club.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“\"Public place\" includes a place to which admission is gained by payment of a membership or admission fee, however designated, notwithstanding its being designated a private club or by words of like import.”\n\nNote: Matters for a live or ticketed shoot with paying attendees.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter5C/C76-5c-S101_2026050620260506.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "\"Public place\" includes a place to which admission is gained by payment of a membership or admission fee, however designated, notwithstanding its being designated a private club or by words of like import.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah Code 76-5c-101", "topic": "Public place includes pay-to-enter private clubs", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "UT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r336_utah_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_ut_utahcode_index", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah's statutes are published on the official Legislative site at le.utah.gov/xcode/code.html under a codes index page listing 54 titles.", "body": "Utah's statutes are published on the official Legislative site at le.utah.gov/xcode/code.html under a codes index page listing 54 titles.\n\nWhat Utah State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Utah Code Index”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading 'Utah Code Index' is the verbatim evidence. The index shows 54 titles in the sidebar navigation.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/code.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "Utah Code Index", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "336-utah-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Utah", "topic": "statutory code index", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ut" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "money.tax", "access.id", "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "placeholder_quote_too_short", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }