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Utah Code § 76-8-418 (2026)

Damaging a jail or other place of confinement

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As used in this section:
"Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
"Detention facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
"Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
"Shelter facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.
An actor commits damaging a jail or other place of confinement if the actor willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, destroys, floods, or otherwise damages a public jail or other place of confinement, including a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.
A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.
This section is applicable to a child who willfully and intentionally commits an offense against a public jail, a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1991–2014 · leading case: State v. Jaimez, 817 P.2d 822 (Utah Ct. App. 1991).
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State v. Jaimez, 817 P.2d 822 (Utah Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 6× “OPINION GARFF, Judge: Defendant, Gregory Lynn Jaimez, appeals a conviction for injury to a jail, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-418 (1990). We affirm.”
Peck v. State, 2008 UT 39 (Utah 2008). · cites it 2× “3d 383 (holding that the phrase "other place of confinement,” as used in Utah Code section 76-8-418 (2002), included the backseat of a police cruiser because a police vehicle can act as a temporary jail).”
State v. Pharris, 846 P.2d 454 (Utah Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “Pharris appeals the jury verdict finding him guilty of injury to a jail in violation of Utah Code Annotated section 76-8-418 (1990). On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the State violated his constitutional rights by improperly using peremptory challenges to prevent Native…”
State v. Perez, 999 P.2d 579 (Utah Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 24× “OPINION BILLINGS, Judge: ¶ 1 Defendant Daniel Cruz Perez (Defendant) was charged with damaging a jail, a third degree felony under Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-418 (1999), and bound over to district court for trial.”
State v. Burgess-Beynon, 2004 UT App 312 (Utah Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 16× “Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-418 (2002). "We review the district court's interpretation of section 76-8-418 for correctness.”
State v. Benjamin Patrick Dugan, 335 P.3d 594 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-418 . Idaho’s damage-to-jails statute currently provides: Every person who wilfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down or otherwise destroys or injures any public jail or other place of confinement, is punishable by fine not exceeding $10,000, and by…”
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