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Updated Sept. 7, 2006, 11:33 a.m. ET



Legal Spotlight on Polygamy: Utah statutes

TITLE 76: UTAH CRIMINAL CODE

Chapter 07     Offenses Against the Family

76-7-101.   Bigamy

     (1) A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing he has a husband or wife or knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another person or cohabits with another person.

     (2) Bigamy is a felony of the third degree.

     (3) It shall be a defense to bigamy that the accused reasonably believed he and the other person were legally eligible to remarry.

  76-7-101.5   Child Bigamy 

     (1) An actor 18 years of age or older is guilty of child bigamy when, knowing he or she has a wife or husband, or knowing that a person under 18 years of age has a wife or husband, the actor carries out the following with the person who is under 18 years of age:

     (a) purports to marry the person who is under 18 years of age; or

     (b) cohabits with the person who is under 18 years of age.

     (2) A violation of Subsection (1) is a second degree felony.



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