Utah § 72-7-306 - Limited highways -- Penalty for driving animals over.
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§ 72-7-306. Limited highways -- Penalty for driving animals over.
| (1) | A highway authority may declare a public highway that is laid out through improved lands that are not protected by fences along the lines of the highway passing through it, to be limited highways. A notice to that effect shall be posted at each end of a limited highway. |
| (2) | A person who willfully drives any band or herd of domestic animals over a limited highway except during the time that the abutting lands are thrown open to the public by the owners for grazing purposes, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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