The Official State of Utah Sex Offender Registry
76-5-401.1. Sexual abuse of a minor.
(1) For purposes of this section "minor" is a person who is 14 years of age or older, but younger than 16
years of age, at the time the sexual activity described in this section occurred.
(2) A person commits sexual abuse of a minor if the person is seven years or more older than the minor and,
under circumstances not amounting to rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402, object rape, in violation of
Section 76-5-402.2, forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 76-5-403, aggravated sexual assault, in violation of
Section 76-5-405, unlawful sexual activity with a minor, in violation of Section 76-5-401, or an attempt to
commit any of those offenses, the person touches the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of the minor,
or touches the breast of a female minor, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with the minor, or causes a minor
to take indecent liberties with the actor or another person, with the intent to cause substantial emotional or
bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person regardless of
the sex of any participant.
(3) A violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 82, 1998 General Session
