(1)  An offender who knowingly fails to register under this chapter or provides false or incomplete information is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced to serve a term of incarceration for not less than 90 days and also at least one year of probation.

Terms Used In Utah Code 77-43-106

  • Offender: means a child abuse offender as defined in Subsection (2). See Utah Code 77-43-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Register: means to comply with the requirements of this chapter and administrative rules of the department made under this chapter. See Utah Code 77-43-102
(2)  Neither the court nor the Board of Pardons and Parole may release a person who violates this chapter from serving the term required under Subsection (1). This Subsection (2) supersedes any other provision of the law contrary to this chapter.

(3)  The offender shall register for an additional year for every year in which the offender does not comply with the registration requirements of this chapter.

Enacted by Chapter 282, 2017 General Session