76-5-401.1 - Sexual abuse of a minor. - Utah Statutes

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, butyounger 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 olderthan 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 persontouches the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of the minor, or touches the breast of afemale minor, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with the minor, or causes a minor to takeindecent liberties with the actor or another person, with the intent to cause substantial emotionalor bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any personregardless of the sex of any participant.
(3) A violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

Enacted by Chapter 82, 1998 General Session