Utah Code 23A-5-321. Interference with hunting prohibited — Action to recover damages — Exceptions — Criminal penalty
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(1) A person may not interfere with the right of a person licensed and legally hunting under Chapter 4, Licenses, Permits, Certificates of Registration, and Tags, to take wildlife by driving, harassing, or intentionally disturbing a species of wildlife for the purpose of disrupting a legal hunt, trapping, or predator control.
Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-5-321
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Take: means to:(54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or(54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Wildlife: means :
(61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;(61)(b) mollusks; and(61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101(2) A person who violates this section is subject to the penalty provided in Section 23A-5-301.(3) A directly affected person or the state may bring an action to recover civil damages resulting from a violation of Subsection (1) or a restraining order to prevent a potential violation of Subsection (1).(4) This section does not apply to incidental interference with a hunt caused by lawful activities including ranching, mining, and recreation.