Interfering with an Officer
Utah Code 76-8-305 — force, or refusing a lawful order the arrest needs, a class B misdemeanor
A person commits interference with a peace officer who knows, or should have known with reasonable care, that an officer is trying to make a lawful arrest or detention of that person or someone else, and interferes with it.
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- Interfering means using force or a weapon.
- It also means refusing to do something a lawful order of an officer in the arrest requires, where it is necessary to make the arrest or detention.
- Or refusing to stop doing something that would impede the arrest or detention.
Interference with a peace officer is a class B misdemeanor, and it requires the arrest or detention to be lawful.
Sources for this section (1)
- Utah Code 76-8-305 — Interference with a peace officer
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Utah attorney.