Restraining Orders

For the purpose of getting this type of protective order, sexual violence is when someone who is not a cohabitant or dating partner commits or attempts any of the following crimes against you:

• rape;
• object rape;
• forcible sodomy;
• forcible sexual abuse;
• aggravated sexual assault;
• sexual offense against the victim without consent;
• sexual exploitation of a vulnerable adult;
• distribution of an intimate image;
• sexual extortion;
• human trafficking for sexual exploitation; or
• aggravated human trafficking for forced sexual exploitation.¹

However, sexual violence does not include any of the following crimes:

• enticing a minor;
• sexual battery;
• lewdness;
• lewdness involving a child; or
• failure to report child sexual abuse material by a computer technician.²

¹ Utah Code § 78B-7-502(3)(a)
² Utah Code § 78B-7-502(3)(b)