In Utah, "domestic violence" is a crime - usually violent - committed by one cohabitant against another. In order for the crime to be charged as domestic violence, it must have been committed against someone you are - or have previously been - living with. You can be accused of domestic violence if you physically harm another person that you are living with, or if you threaten to physically harm them, or if you get someone else to do it for you.

Utah Law specifically describes "domestic violence" as any criminal offense involving...

• violence or physical harm, or
• threat of violence or physical harm, or
• any attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit a criminal offense involving violence or physical harm
• ...when committed by one cohabitant against another.

If you are accused of a sexual offense against someone you live with, it can be charged as a domestic violence sexual offense.

In Utah, "Domestic Violence" also means the commission of - or attempt to commit - any of the following offenses by one cohabitant against another. When a crime is specified as domestic violence, it carries some different penalties. For instance, when a crime is charged as domestic violence, the accused may lose the right to own a firearm for life.

Click on an offense for more information.

• How Utah Law defines 'Consent'
• Aggravated Sexual Assault (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-405)
• Forcible Sexual Abuse (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-404)
• Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (Utah Code Ann. §76-5b-201)
• Sexual Abuse of a Minor (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401.1)
• Sodomy (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403)
• Forcible Sodomy (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403)
• Sodomy on a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403.1)
• Rape (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402)
• Rape of a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.1)
• Object Rape (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.2)
• Object Rape of a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.3)
• Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401)
• Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a 16 or 17 Year Old (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401.2)