Utah · Utah Code — Title 76, Utah Criminal Code
Utah Code Title 76 § 76-13-212: Allowing a vicious animal to go at large.
What this law says, in plain English
An owner of a vicious animal commits a crime by willfully allowing it to go at large or failing to keep it with ordinary care, if the animal injures another animal or person. If a human death results, it is a felony; otherwise, a misdemeanor.
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