Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 76-8-418 - Damaging a jail or other place of confinement(1)(a) As used in this section: (i) "Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.(ii) "Detention facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.(iii) "Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.(iv) "Shelter facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.(2) 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.(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.(4) 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.Amended by Chapter 96, 2024 General Session ,§ 85, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 335, 2022 General Session ,§ 54, eff. 9/1/2022.Amended by Chapter 261, 2021 General Session ,§ 11, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Chapter 13, 2005 General Session.