Attorney's Note

Under the Utah Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class A misdemeanorup to 364 daysup to $2,500
For details, see Utah Code § 76-3-204

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-37b-4

  • Distribute: means the actual, constructive, or attempted sale, transfer, delivery, or dispensing to another of an imitation controlled substance. See Utah Code 58-37b-2
  • Imitation controlled substance: means a substance designed or packaged to substantially resemble any legally or illegally manufactured controlled substance, but that is not:
         (3)(a) a controlled substance; or
         (3)(b) represented to be any legally or illegally manufactured controlled substance under Subsection 58-37-2(1)(i)(ii). See Utah Code 58-37b-2
  • Manufacture: means the production, preparation, compounding, processing, encapsulating, tableting, packaging or repackaging, labeling or relabeling, of an imitation controlled substance. See Utah Code 58-37b-2
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

     It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, an imitation controlled substance. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.