Utah § 76-5-308.1 Human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Utah Statutes

§ 76-5-308.1 — Human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Utah § 76-5-308.1

Title 76Utah Criminal Code

Ch. 76-5Offenses Against the Individual

Part 76-5-3Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Smuggling

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Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-308.1 (2026).

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(1)Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-5-307 apply to this section.

(2)An actor commits human trafficking for sexual exploitation if the actor recruits, harbors, transports, obtains, patronizes, or solicits an individual for sexual exploitation through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, which may include:

(2)(a) threatening serious harm to, or physical restraint against, that individual or another individual;

(2)(b) destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any passport, immigration document, or other government-issued identification document;

(2)(c) abusing or threatening abuse of the law or legal process against the individual or another individual;

(2)(d) using a condition of an individual being a debtor due to a pledge of the individual's personal servi

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(1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-5-307 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits human trafficking for sexual exploitation if the actor recruits, harbors, transports, obtains, patronizes, or solicits an individual for sexual exploitation through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, which may include:
(2)(a) threatening serious harm to, or physical restraint against, that individual or another individual;
(2)(b) destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any passport, immigration document, or other government-issued identification document;
(2)(c) abusing or threatening abuse of the law or legal process against the individual or another individual;
(2)(d) using a condition of an individual being a debtor due to a pledge of the individual's personal services or the personal services of an individual under the control of the debtor as a security for debt where the reasonable value of the services is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined;
(2)(e) using a condition of servitude by means of any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause an individual to believe that if the individual did not enter into or continue in a condition of servitude, the individual or another individual would suffer serious harm or physical restraint, or would be threatened with abuse of legal process; or
(2)(f) creating or exploiting a relationship where the individual is dependent upon the actor.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a first degree felony.
(4) Human trafficking for sexual exploitation includes all forms of commercial sexual activity, which may include the following conduct when the person acts under force, fraud, or coercion as described in Subsection (1):
(4)(a) sexually explicit performance;
(4)(b) prostitution;
(4)(c) participation in the production of pornography;
(4)(d) performance in strip clubs; and
(4)(e) exotic dancing or display.
(5) This offense is a separate offense from any other crime committed in relationship to the commission of this offense.