Utah § 4-25-206 - Animals running at large -- Prohibition -- Limited exception.

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§ 4-25-206. Animals running at large -- Prohibition -- Limited exception.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-25-206.  Animals running at large -- Prohibition -- Limited exception.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no person who owns or is in possession of a stallion, jack, or ridgeling over 18 months old, or a ram over three months old, shall permit the animal to run at large within the limits of, or on the summer range of, any town or settlement.
(2) Two-thirds of the voters of any county or isolated part of a county may elect through an election to make this section ineffective in all or part of the county during part of the year.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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