{ "batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_anchor_t10_chapter_8_po", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code Title 10: Chapter 8 Powers and Duties of Municipalities (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 10 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 8 holds the municipal SOB section 10-8-41.5.", "body": "The Utah Legislature's official Utah Code site (le.utah.gov) lists Title 10 of the Utah Code with the entry quoted here. Chapter 8 holds the municipal SOB section 10-8-41.5.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 8 Powers and Duties of Municipalities”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own code site, le.utah.gov (state domain), Title 10 index page.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/C10_1800010118000101.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 8 Powers and Duties of Municipalities", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code Title 10", "topic": "Chapter 8 Powers and Duties of Municipalities (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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_def_sob", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5: Definition of sexually oriented business (municipalities)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(f): a sexually oriented business is a business at which any nude or partially denuded individual, employee or independent contractor, performs any service for compensation, and includes an escort service or an adult service.", "body": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(f): a sexually oriented business is a business at which any nude or partially denuded individual, employee or independent contractor, performs any service for compensation, and includes an escort service or an adult service.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“\"Sexually oriented business\" means a business at which any nude or partially denuded individual, regardless of whether the nude or partially denuded individual is an employee of the sexually oriented business or an independent contractor, performs any service for compensation.”\n\nNote: Whether a private residence producing content for online sale is 'a business at which' a nude individual performs a service for compensation is not answered by the text; the definition has no private-residence exclusion and no mention of recording.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "\"Sexually oriented business\" means a business at which any nude or partially denuded individual, regardless of whether the nude or partially denuded individual is an employee of the sexually oriented business or an independent contractor, performs any service for compensation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5", "topic": "Definition of sexually oriented business (municipalities)", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_def_adult", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5: Definition of adult service", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(a): adult service means dancing, serving food or beverages, modeling, posing, wrestling, singing, reading, talking, listening, or other performances or activities conducted by a nude or partially denuded individual for compensation.", "body": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(a): adult service means dancing, serving food or beverages, modeling, posing, wrestling, singing, reading, talking, listening, or other performances or activities conducted by a nude or partially denuded individual for compensation.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“\"Adult service\" means dancing, serving food or beverages, modeling, posing, wrestling, singing, reading, talking, listening, or other performances or activities conducted by a nude or partially denuded individual for compensation.”\n\nNote: 'Modeling, posing' and 'other performances or activities' are the words closest to filming.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "\"Adult service\" means dancing, serving food or beverages, modeling, posing, wrestling, singing, reading, talking, listening, or other performances or activities conducted by a nude or partially denuded individual for compensation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5", "topic": "Definition of adult service", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_def_nude", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5: Definition of nude or partially denuded individual", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(e): a nude or partially denuded individual has any of the genitals, pubic region or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola less than completely and opaquely covered.", "body": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5(1)(e): a nude or partially denuded individual has any of the genitals, pubic region or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola less than completely and opaquely covered.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“\"Nude or partially denuded individual\" means an individual with any of the following less than completely and opaquely covered: (i) genitals; (ii) the pubic region; or (iii) a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "\"Nude or partially denuded individual\" means an individual with any of the following less than completely and opaquely covered: (i) genitals; (ii) the pubic region; or (iii) a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5", "topic": "Definition of nude or partially denuded 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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_city_license_sob", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5: No work or operation in a city that requires an SOB licence without one", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5(2)-(3): where a municipality requires an individual or business licence for sexually oriented businesses, working in or operating one in that municipality without the licence is barred.", "body": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5(2)-(3): where a municipality requires an individual or business licence for sexually oriented businesses, working in or operating one in that municipality without the licence is barred.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“A business entity that conducts a sexually oriented business may not conduct business in a municipality if: (a) the municipality requires that a sexually oriented business obtain a license; and (b) the business entity has not obtained a license from the municipality.”\n\nNote: The state sets the definition and the bar; the licensing requirement itself is a municipal ordinance (state law does not itself require a licence).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "A business entity that conducts a sexually oriented business may not conduct business in a municipality if: (a) the municipality requires that a sexually oriented business obtain a license; and (b) the business entity has not obtained a license from the municipality.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5", "topic": "No work or operation in a city that requires an SOB licence without one", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_pen_sob", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5: Penalty for violating the SOB licensing bar", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-8-41.5(4): a violation by an individual at least 18 years old is a class A misdemeanor, and a person charged may not also be charged with engaging in prostitution under 76-5d-202.", "body": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5(4): a violation by an individual at least 18 years old is a class A misdemeanor, and a person charged may not also be charged with engaging in prostitution under 76-5d-202.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“A violation of this section by an individual who is at least 18 years old is a class A misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "A violation of this section by an individual who is at least 18 years old is a class A misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-8-41.5", "topic": "Penalty for violating the SOB licensing bar", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_county_sob", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 17-78-1003: County rule for unincorporated areas", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 17-78-1003 repeats the municipal definition and licensing bar for the unincorporated area of a county where the county requires a licence.", "body": "Utah Code 17-78-1003 repeats the municipal definition and licensing bar for the unincorporated area of a county where the county requires a licence.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“A business entity that conducts a sexually oriented business may not conduct business in an unincorporated area of a county:”\n\nNote: Version effective after Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter78/C17-78-S1003_2025110620251206.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "A business entity that conducts a sexually oriented business may not conduct business in an unincorporated area of a county:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 17-78-1003", "topic": "County rule for unincorporated areas", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_city_power", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-1-203: Cities may license any business", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code 10-1-203(2): a municipality may license for regulation any business within its limits and impose fees to recover regulation costs.", "body": "Utah Code 10-1-203(2): a municipality may license for regulation any business within its limits and impose fees to recover regulation costs.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“the legislative body of a municipality may license for the purpose of regulation any business within the limits of the municipality, may regulate that business by ordinance, and may impose fees on businesses to recover the municipality's costs of regulation.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter1/C10-1-S203_2024050120240501.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "the legislative body of a municipality may license for the purpose of regulation any business within the limits of the municipality, may regulate that business by ordinance, and may impose fees on businesses to recover the municipality's costs of regulation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code 10-1-203", "topic": "Cities may license any business", "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_r339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_339_utah_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_no_state_zoning", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Utah Code Titles 10 and 17: No state distance or buffer rule found", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No statewide distance, buffer or zoning rule for sexually oriented businesses, and no statewide home-occupation rule listing adult-content filming, was found in the municipal and county section headings read; zoning is left to city and county ordinances.", "body": "No statewide distance, buffer or zoning rule for sexually oriented businesses, and no statewide home-occupation rule listing adult-content filming, was found in the municipal and county section headings read; zoning is left to city and county ordinances.\n\nWhat Utah Legislature (Utah Code) actually says:\n\n“A person employed in a sexually oriented business may not work in a municipality if:”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Searched catchlines of Titles 10 and 17 for 'sexually', 'home occupation', 'home-based' and 'adult'; the land use chapters 10-20 and 17-79 were not read in full.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter8/C10-8-S41.5_2025050720250507.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Utah Legislature (Utah Code)", "evidence_quote": "A person employed in a sexually oriented business may not work in a municipality if:", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "339-utah-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Utah Code Titles 10 and 17", "topic": "No state distance or buffer rule found", "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" } } ] }