Chapter 9.08 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

Part of the Code of Ordinances of South Salt Lake, UT.

Local law · Updated May 27, 2026 · 1,732 sections

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9.08.010 - Combative conduct—Fighting.#

The following crime is to be incorporated into the Utah State criminal provisions adopted by reference in this title.

Combative Conduct—Fighting. Any assaultive act committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent of the participants and resulting in no serious bodily injury is an infraction.

(Ord. 96-14 § 6)

9.08.020 - Domestic violence.#

The city council of the city of South Salt Lake adopts by reference into ordinance, the Cohabitant Abuse Procedures Act, as adopted by the Utah State Legislature in 1990 with an effective date of October 1, 1990, and any and all subsequent amendments as may be passed by the Legislature from time to time.

Penalty for Violation. Any violations of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor as made and provided under Utah State Law.

(Ord. 233 § 2, 1991)

9.08.030 - Battery—Offensive touching.#

A "battery" is the unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another under circumstances not rising to the level of an assault, as defined in the Utah code. "Battery" includes spitting at or upon another person. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly commit a battery within the limits of the city.

Penalty for Violation. A person who intentionally or knowingly commits a battery shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor as made and provided under Utah State Law.

Offensive Touching. If a person, under circumstances not amounting to a sexual battery, forcible sexual abuse or the other offenses enumerated in Utah's sexual battery statute, intentionally touches another person, whether or not through the clothing, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, and the actor's conduct is committed under circumstances that the actor knows or should know will likely cause affront or alarm to the person touched, then that person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor as made and provided under Utah State Law.

(Ord. No. 2009-14, 12-2-2009)